Doillon, Jacques

(March 15, 1944, Paris, France - )

   A former post office worker, he became an appren­tice (1966 Trans-Europ-Express, Alain Robbe-Grillet, France / Belgium; Le Volcan interdit, documentary, Ha-roun Tazieff; 1967 Mexico, Mexico / Soy México, documentary, François Reichenbach, France / Mexico) and then full editor (1969 Paris Top secret, Pierre Roustang; 1970 Trop Petit mon Ami / UK: Ticky / USA: Too Small My Friend, Eddy Matalon; 1971 Le Feu sacré, Vladimir Forgency). A film director since 1969, he played in a few movies (1974 L'Inventaire, short, Gébé; 1985 Elle a passé tant d'Heures sous les Sunlights . . . , Philippe Garrel; 1988 Les Ministères de l'Art, TV documentary, as himself, Philippe Garrel; 2004 Bâtons d'Encens pour Mizoguchi, documentary, as himself, Noël Simsolo; 2005 Un Couple parfait, Nobuhiro Suwa, France / Japan) and TV documentaries (1998 Jacques Doillon— Les Mots, l'Emotion, Anne Brochet, Françoise Dumas; 2007 Dominique Laffin, Portrait d'une Enfant pas sage, Laurent Perrin).

 Filmography

        ◘ Trial (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ On ne se dit pas tout entre Epoux (short)

        ◘ Vitesse oblige (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Voiture électrique / La Voiture électronique (short)

1971 ◘ Bol d'Or (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Tous Risques (short)

1973 ◘ L'An 01 (co-director with Alain Resnais, Jean Rouch)

        ◘ Les Demi-Jours (short)

        ◘ Laissés pour Compte (short)

        ◘ Autour des Filets (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Doigts dans la Tête / USA: Touched in the Head (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Un Sac de Billes (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1979 ◘ La Femme qui pleure / USA: The Crying Woman (also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer, actor)

        ◘ La Drôlesse / USA: The Hussy (also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer)

1981 ◘ La Fille prodigue / USA: The Prodigal Daughter (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Pirate (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Vie de Famille (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Tentation d'Isabelle (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Puritaine (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Comédie! (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Fille de Quinze Ans / USA: The 15 Year Old Girl (also co-screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ La Vengeance d'une Femme (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Le Petit Criminel (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Contre l'Oubli / Ecrire contre l'Oubli / Against Oblivion / Lest We Forget (documentary; short; segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagran Mo­rales, Guatémala")

        ◘ Amoureuse (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Canada)

        ◘ L'Amoureuse (TV movie theatrically released; France / Canada; shot in 1987)

        ◘ Pe Jeune Werther / UK: Young Werther (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1994 ◘ Du Fond du Coeur, Germaine et Benjamin (shortened theatrically released version of a TV movie; also adapter)

1996 ◘ Ponette / USA: Ponette (also co-screenwriter)

1998 ◘ Trop (peu) d'Amour (also co-screenwriter)

1999 ◘ Petits Frères (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2001 ◘ Carrément à l'Ouest (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2003 ◘ Raja (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Morocco)

2008 ◘ Le Premier venu (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Belgium)

 Television Filmography

1983 ◘ Monsieur Abel

1985 ◘ Mangui, Onze Ans peut-être (documentary)

1990 ◘ Pour un Oui ou pour un Non (medium-length)

1993 ◘ Un Homme à la Mer

1995 ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (documentary; episode "Nathalie Sarraute")