Galland, Philippe

(January 31, 1947, Choisy-le-Roi, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   He gave up his studies in biology at the Ecole nor­male supérieure in 1969 to enroll in the Beaux-Arts. Then he broke off his artistic studies to become a production designer (1975 Souvenirs d'en France / USA: French Provincial, André Téchiné). After writing an unfilmed screenplay, Les Funérailles de Kropotkine, he directed his first movie in 1976. Also an actor (1984 Pinot simple Flic, Gérard Jugnot; 1990 Outremer / UK and USA: Overseas, Brigitte Rouan; 2003 Les Bronzés, le Père Noël et les Autres, documentary, as himself, Stéphane Kopecki) and co-screenwriter (2005 Travaux, on sait quand ça commence . . . / UK and USA: Housewarming, Brigitte Rouan, France / UK), he co-produced a short (2007 Mon Homme, Ramzi Ben Sliman).

 Filmography

1978 ◘ L'Exercice du Pouvoir (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1976)

1982 ◘ Le Quart d'Heure américain (also original idea, co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1985 ◘ Le Mariage du Siècle (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1991 ◘ La Thune (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1999 ◘ Merci mon Chien (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1997)

 Television Filmography

1985 ◘ Le Père Noël est une Ordure (filmed play)

        ◘ Chien et Chat (episode "Chien et Chat")

        ◘ Un Otage de trop