Dugowson, Maurice

(Maurice Dugowson-Gastman / September 23, 1938, Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France - November II, 1999, Paris, France)

   After graduating in literature from La Sorbonne, he was an assistant director for films (1960 Candide / USA: Candide, Norbert Carbonnaux; 1962 La Gam-berge, Norbert Carbonnaux; 1966 Les Cœurs verts, Ed­ouard Luntz) and TV (1964 Les Cinq dernières Minutes, episodes "Fenêtre sur Jardin", Claude Loursais",45 Tours . . . et puis s'en vont", Bernard Hecht). Mostly a TV director, he filmed variety shows, reports, live programs, and fiction. He appeared as himself in sev­eral documentaries (1991 Damned! Daney! / L'Ombre qui pensait plus vite que son Homme, Bernard Mantelli; 1992 Patrick Dewaere, Marc Esposito; 2005 La Ballade de Fairbanks, video documentary, short, archive foot­age, Alexandre Moix).

 Filmography

        ◘ Lily, aime-moi (also adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ F. comme Fairbanks (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1979 ◘ Au Revoir . . . à Lundi / Bye, See You Monday (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Canada)

1983 ◘ Sarah (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1995 ◘ La Poudre aux Yeux (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1993)

1997 ◘ El Che (documentary; co-director with Anibal Di Salvo; also screenwriter, author of com­mentary; France / Argentina)

 Television Filmography

1967 ◘ Séance tenante (TV show)

1968 ◘ Pes Vésicules de la Fortune (short)

1968 ◘ Euréka (TV show)

1970 ◘ Tous en Scène (TV show)

1970 ◘ Post-scriptum (TV talk show)

1971 ◘ Régie 4 (documentary; episode "La Rumeur d'Orléans")

        ◘ Procès (documentary)

        ◘ Les Femmes aussi (documentary; episode "Une Goutte d'Eau dans la Mer")

        ◘ Les Femmes aussi (documentary; episodes "Une Femme dans la Cité", "Jane Fonda, une Femme en Colère")

        ◘ Les Cent Livres des Hommes (episode "Alice au Pays des Merveilles")

        ◘ Auroville (documentary)

        ◘ Regards (documentary; pilot)

1981 ◘ Droit de Réponse (TV talk show)

        ◘ Connaissez-vous Maronne?

        ◘ Intrigues (TV series)

        ◘ Ça nous intéresse Monsieur le Président (politi­cal documentary)

1985 ◘ Histoire d'un Jour (documentary)

1986 ◘ Série noire (episode "Adieu la Vie"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1986 ◘ Taxi (documentary)

1987 ◘ Série noire (episode "Chantons en Chœur"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Cadavres exquis de Patricia Highsmith (epi­sode "Puzzle")

        ◘ Ils n'avaient pas Rendez-vous (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)