Durringer, Xavier

(December 1, 1963, Paris, France - )

   Since 1988, he wrote plays (La Quille, Balltrap, Une Envie de tuer, Sur le Bout de la Langue, 22-34, Des Jours entiers.. . des Nuits entières, Une Petite Entaille, Polaroid, Quand le Père du Père de mon Père . . .) for the theatri­cal company he created, La Compagnie de la Lézarde. Producer and actor Bernard Verley, who saw one of his shows, suggested that he bring his novel La Nage indienne to the screen. He co-wrote the screenplay of Ben Rock (Richard Raynal, 1982) and produced a cou­ple of feature films (2005 Frankie, Fabienne Berthaud; 2007 Regarde-moi, Audrey Estrougo) and several TV movies (2002 Negro, Karim Akadiri Soumaïla; 2004 Capone, Jean-Marc Brondolo, France / Finland; 2006 Aller simple, Fabienne Berthaud).

 Filmography

1993 ◘ La Nage indienne (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1994 ◘ 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (episode "Un Flic")

1997 ◘ J'irai au Paradis car l'Enfer est ici (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2001 ◘ Pas d'Histoires! (short; segment "Petits Riens")

        ◘ Chok-Dee (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Up to You (also screenwriter, dialogist, associ­ate producer)

 Television Filmography

1999 ◘ Les Vilains (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2002 ◘ Les Oreilles sur le Dos (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Lady Bar (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Scalp (8 X 52'; Xavier Durringer directed the first four episodes)