Gautier, Patrice

(June 17, 1947, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France - )

   A lover of genre cinema, he spent his high school hours in movie theaters. He had his first professional contact with cinema as a trainee costume designer for Les Demoiselles de Rochefort / The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1966). He successively was a trainee director (1969-1970) and assistant camera­man and then cameraman (1970-1971) before mak­ing his directing debut. He also played a small part in L'Oeil du Maître (Stéphane Kurc).

 Filmography

1974 ◘ Deux Chamelles sont mortes (short; co-director with Stéphane Kurc)

        ◘ Vapeurs (short)

        ◘ L'Amour ou presque (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1992 ◘ Le Voyage d'Eva

        ◘ Léo et Léa (52 X 26'; co-director only; also co-screenwriter)

1996 ◘ Désirs noirs-Belle comme le Diable / Dark De­sires: A Taste of Murder (also screenwriter; France / USA)