Fieschi, Jacques

(1948, Oran, Algeria-)

   Born in Algeria, he spent his adolescence in Cannes, France. After his studies in literature, he became chief editor of a film review, Cinématographe (1973-1984), for which he interviewed such directors as Maurice Pialat and André Téchiné. Pialat gave him the op­portunity to make his film debut as co-screenwriter, his main activity (1985 Police, also co-adapter, co-dialogist; 1988 Quelques Jours avec moi / UK and USA: A Few Days with Me, Claude Sautet; 1990 Un Week­end sur deux / UK and USA: Every Other Weekend, also co-dialogist, Nicole Garcia; 1991 Sushi Sushi, also co-adapter, co-dialogist; 1992 Un Coeur en Hiver / UK: A Heart in Winter / USA: A Heart of Stone, also co-dialogist, actor; 1993 Les Nuits fauves / Notti selvage / UK and USA: Savage Nights, also co-dialogist, France / Italy; Archipel, also dialogist, shot in 1991; 1994 Le Fils préféré, Nicole Garcia; 1995 Le Roi de Paris, also co-dialogist, Dominique Maillet; Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud / Nelly e Mr. Arnaud / Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud / UK and USA: Nelly and Mr. Arnaud, also dialogist, Claude Sautet, France / Italy / Germany; 1996 Mémoires d'un jeune Con, Patrick Aurignac; 1998 L'Ecole de la Chair / USA: The School for Flesh, also dialogist, Benoît Jacquot, France / Luxembourg / Belgium; Place Vendôme, also co-dialogist; 1999 Augustin, Roi du Kung-Fu / USA: Augustin, King of Kung-Fu, also co-dialogist, Anne Fontaine; 2000 Les Destinées sentimentales / USA: Les Destinées, also co-dialogist, Olivier Assayas; Sade, also co-dialogist, Benoît Jacquot; 2001 Comment j'ai tué mon Père / USA: How I Killed My Father / US DVD: My Father and I, also co-dialogist, Anne Fontaine; 2002 L'Adversaire / El adversario, also co-adapter, co-dialogist, Nicole Garcia, France / Switzerland / Spain; 2003 Nathalie . . . , also co-dialogist; Anne Fontaine; 2005 Une Aventure, also co-dialogist, Xavier Giannoli, France / Belgium; 2006 Selon Charlie, also co-dialogist, Nicole Garcia). He also appeared as an actor in films (1983 A nos Amours / UK and USA: To Our Loves, Maurice Pialat; 1985 Le Hasard mène le Jeu, short, Pierre Chenal; 1987 Côté Nuit, short, Jean-Baptiste Huber; 1988 36-15, short, Frédéric de Nexon; Ville étrangère, Didier Goldschmidt; 1990 Le Champignon des Carpathes, Jean-Claude Biette; 1996 Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas; 2003 Claude Sautet ou La Ma­gie invisible / Claude Sautet oder Die unsichtbare Magie, documentary, N. T. Binh, France / Germany).

 Filmography

2006 ◘ La Californie (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)