Gainville, René

(René-Jacques de Geninville / December 2, 1931, Budapest, Hungary-)

   He studied in Hungary, where he was notably the pupil of film theoretician Béla Balâzs, and started his film ca­reer as an assistant director. Having settled in France in 1952, he directed fifty shorts before shooting his first feature film in 1966. He produced a few movies (1989 Thank You Satan!, André Farwagi; 2001 Mikor siel az oroszlan?, Zsolt Balogh, Hungary) and played in a Hungarian TV series (1994 Kisvaros, episode "Tuniszi kapessolat", Lajos Fazekas, Adam Rozgonyi).

 Filmography

1963 ◘ Tambi (short)

1966 ◘ L'Homme de Mykonos / De Man van Mykonos (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy / Belgium)

        ◘ Le Démoniaque (shot in 1966)

        ◘ Un Jeune Couple / USA: A Young Couple (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Alyse et Chloé / UK: Alyse and Chloe (also screenwriter)

1973 ◘ Le Complot / Il complotto / El complot de los rebeldes / Conspiracion para matar a un cura (France / Italy / Spain)

1975 ◘ Le Pensionnat et ses Intimités (as Catherine Balogh)

1979 ◘ L'Associé / Mein Partner Davis / UK and USA: The Associate (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / West Germany)

1982 ◘ Zeno's Web (USA)

 Television Filmography

1963 ◘ Le Petit Tambour

1974 ◘ Le Bon Samaritain

1976 ◘ Tu n'auras d'autre Adversaire que toi même