Garrel, Philippe

(April 6, 1948, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   The son of actor and stage director Maurice Garrel (b. 1923) and the father of actor Louis Garrel (b. 1983), he dropped out of high school at age sixteen and shot his first movie the same year. Then he worked for the ORTF (French TV) Seize Millions de Jeunes program. He was an assistant to director Claude Berri (1967 Le Vieil Homme et l'Enfant / UK: Claude / The Old Man and the Boy / USA: The Two of Us) and to Jean-Pierre Lajournade (1968 Werther, TV movie). His first feature-length film was originally shot for TV. Since 1968, he opted for a poetic and experimental cinema and was true to himself until today. Other credits (as actor): 1965 Jean-Luc persécuté (short, Claude Gore­tta); 1968 Le Meurtre du Père (short, Jaime Semprun); 1979 Je meurs de Soif, j'étouffe, je ne puis crier... (short, Gérard Courant); La Bande des Quatre (short, Gérard Courant); 1982 Cinématon (short, as himself, Gérard Courant); 1986 Dernier Cri / Soleil de Plomb (Bernard Dubois); 1992 Golem, l'Esprit de l'Exil / Golem, lo spirito dell'esilio / Golem, the Ghost of exile / Golem, the Spirit of Exile, Amos Gitai, France / Italy / Germany / UK / Netherlands); 1998 Cinéma de notre Temps (documentary, episode "Philippe Garrel—Portrait d'un Artiste", Françoise Etchegaray); 2004 Le Fantôme d'Henri Lan-glois / USA: The Phantom of the Cinematheque (documentary, Jacques Richard).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Enfants désaccordés (short; also screenwriter, producer, editor)

        ◘ Droit de Visite (short; also screenwriter, producer, editor)

1968 ◘ Anémone (originally shot for TV; also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in 1966)

        ◘ Le Révélateur (also screenwriter, producer, editor; unreleased)

        ◘ Actua 1 (short)

1972 ◘ Marie pour Mémoire (also screenwriter, producer, editor; shot in 1967)

        ◘ Le Lit de laVierge (also screenwriter, adapter, di-alogist, producer, actor, editor; shot in 1969)

        ◘ La Cicatrice intérieure (also screenwriter, producer, actor, editor; shot in 1970)

        ◘ Athanor (short; also screenwriter, producer, editor)

        ◘ Les Hautes Solitudes (also screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor)

        ◘ La Concentration (also screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, production designer, editor; shot in 1968)

        ◘ Un Ange passe (also screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, sound engineer, editor)

1976 ◘ Le Berceau de Cristal (also screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, actor, editor)

        ◘ Voyage au Jardin des Morts (short; also screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, sound en­gineer, editor)

        ◘ Le Bleu des Origines (medium-length; also screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, actor, editor)

        ◘ L'Enfant secret (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, actor, editor)

        ◘ Liberté, la Nuit (also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ Paris vu par . . . Vingt Ans après (segment "Rue Fontaine"; also screenwriter, actor)

1985 ◘ Elle a passé tant d'Heures sous les Sunlights (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, actor, editor)

        ◘ Les Ministères de l'Art (documentary)

        ◘ Les Baisers de Secours (also screenwriter, actor)

1991 ◘ J'entends plus la Guitare (also co-screenwriter)

1993 ◘ La Naissance de l'Amour / USA: The Birth of Love (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1996 ◘ Le Cœur Fantôme (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1999 ◘ Le Vent de la Nuit (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Switzerland)

2001 ◘ Sauvage Innocence / USA: Wild Innocence (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Neth­erlands)

2005 ◘ Les Amants réguliers / US DVD: Regular Lovers (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, editor)

2008 ◘ La Frontière de l'Aube / USA: Frontier of the Dawn