Doniol-Valcroze, Jacques

(March 15, 1920, Paris, France - October 6, 1989, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France)

   He was a secretary editor of the magazine Ciné-monde (1946), assistant chief editor of La Revue du Cinéma (1947-1949), chief editor of Les Cahiers du Cinéma and the male fashion magazine Monsieur, film critic at L'Observateur, the leader of Objectif 49 cine-club, and organizer of the Festival du Film maudit de Biarritz in 1950 before beginning a double career of supporting player (about twenty movies from 1950 Orphée / Orpheus, Jean Cocteau, to 1984 Le Bon Plaisir, Francis Girod) and director. He also co-wrote the screenplay and the adaptation of Vous pigez? (Pierre Chevalier, 1955), the screenplay of Impressions de New York (documentary, François Reichenbach, 1955), the adaptation of Seobe / Migrations / La Guerre la plus glorieuse (Aleksandar Petrovic, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / France), and worked as a technical adviser (1971 L'Araignée d'Eau, Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe, shot in 1968; 1973 Le Journal d'un Suicidé, Stanislav Stanojevic, shot in 1971) and art director (1974 Le Voyage d'Amélie, Daniel Duval).

 Filmography

        ◘ Bonjour, Monsieur La Bruyère (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'œil du Maître (short; co-director with André Vetusto)

        ◘ Les Surmenés (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Tant qu'il est Temps: Le Cancer (documentary; short; co-director with André Vetusto)

1958 ◘ Les Eglises romanes en Saintonge (documentary; short; co-director with André Bazin)

1960 ◘ L'Eau à la Bouche / UK and USA: A Game for Six Lovers (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1962 ◘ Le Cœur battant (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1960)

        ◘ P.X.O. (documentary; short; co-director with Pierre Kast; Portugal)

        ◘ La Dénonciation / UK: The Denunciation / USA: The Immoral Moment (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1967 ◘ Le Viol / Ôvergreppet / UK: A Question of Rape (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Swe­den)

1970 ◘ La Maison des Bories

1972 ◘ L'Homme au Cerveau greffé / L'uomo dal cervello trapianto / Der Mann mit dem zweiten Gehirn (France / Italy / West Germany)

1977 ◘ Une Femme fatale / USA: Femme Fatale (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1974)

 Television Filmography

1979 ◘ Le Tourbillon des Jours (6 X 52')

        ◘ Les Fiancées de l'Empire (6 X 52'; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Lorelei (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Venise en Hiver (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1984 ◘ Un Seul Être vous manqué (8 X 52'; also co-screenwriter)

1989 ◘ La Vie en Couleurs (4 X 52')

        ◘ Nick Chasseur de Têtes (6 X 52'; also co-screenwriter)