Duchesne, Louis

(March 28, 1926, Lyon, Rhône, France - August 27, 2001, Paris, France)

   He worked as a production manager (1958 Les Mis­érables / I Miserabili / Die Elenden / Die Miserablen, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, France / Italy / East Germany; La Bonne Tisane, also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Hervé Bromberger; 1969 Le Témoin / De Getuige / USA: The Witness, Anne Walter, Belgium; 1970 Les Coups pour rien / UK: Fight in Vain, also co-screenwriter, Pierre Lambert; 1971 Les Petites Filles modèles / UK: Good Little Girls, Jean-Claude Roy; La Maffia du Plaisir, Jean-Claude Roy; 1973 L'Insolent / UK: The Insolent / US video: Deadly Sting / The Killer, Jean-Claude Roy; Les Confidences érotiques d'un Lit trop accueillant, Michel Lemoine; 1976 La Situation est grave . . . mais pas désespérée, Robert Lamoureux), production assistant (1960 La notte del grande assalto / Dans les Griffes des Borgia / USA: The Night of the Great Attack, Giuseppe M. Scotese, Italy / France), production adviser (1997 100% Arabica, Mahmoud Zemmouri, France / Belgium / Switzerland), associate producer (1967 Jeu de Mas­sacre / UK: All Weekend Lovers / Comic Strip Hero / USA: The Killing Game, Alain Jessua), producer (1968 Goto, l'Ile d'Amour, Walerian Borowczyk; 1972 Le Journal d'un Suicidé, Stanislav Stanojevic; Les Désaxées, Michel Lem-oine; 1973 Salut, Voleurs!, Frank Cassenti, shot in 1971; 1974 Pourvu Qu'on ait l'Ivresse / I piaceri della contessa Gamiani, Rinaldo Bassi, France / Italy; 1975 La Coupe à Dix Francs / USA: The $2 Haircut, Philippe Condroyer; 1979 Le Démon de Minuit, Christian Paureilhe), and executive producer (1982 Paradis pour tous / USA: Paradise for All, Alain Jessua; 1983 Le Faucon, Paul Bou-jenah; 1984 Frankenstein 90, Alain Jessua; 1985 Subway, Luc Besson; 1986 Kamikaze, Didier Grousset; 1988 En toute Innocence / US festival: No Harm Intended, Alain Jessua; 1992 Chasse gardée, Jean-Claude Biette; 1993 Pas d'Amour sans Amour!, Evelyne Dress).

 Filmography

        ◘ Péché de Jeunesse / USA: Sins of Youth (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Un mundo para mi / Tentations / UK: Soft Skin and Black Lace / Soft Skin on Black Lace / USA: Soft Skin on Black Silk (co-director with José Antonio de La Loma; France / Spain; shot in 1958)