Gilson, René

(René Damas Gilson / September 8, 1921, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France - )

   He taught literature in high schools, led cine-clubs, and wrote film criticism for Cinéma before direct­ing his first movie in 1971. He appeared in several films (1963 Les Mauvaises Fréquentations / UK: Bad Company / USA: Robinson's Place, short, Jean Eustache; 1966 Le Père Noël a les Yeux bleus / UK and USA: Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes, Jean Eustache; 1969 Ciné Girl / Piège à Pucelles, Francis Leroi; 1979 Le Divorce­ment, Pierre Barouh; 1984 Barres, short, Luc Moullet; Cinématon, as himself, Gérard Courant). He authored essays on Jacques Becker (1966 LAvant-Scène Ci­néma), Marilyn Monroe (1969 L'Avant-Scène Cinéma), and Jean Cocteau (Jean Cocteau: CinéasteF 1988, Edi­tions Quatre Vents).

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Escadron Volapuk (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ On n'arrête pas le Printemps (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

1975 ◘ La Brigade (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1977 ◘ Juliette et l'Air du Temps (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1980 ◘ Ma Blonde, entends-tu dans la Ville . . . (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

1982 ◘ Et laisser aux Infâmes la Victoire (short)

1985 ◘ Pour que Jeanne et Pierre (short)

1988 ◘ Un Eté à Paris (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor; shot in 1986)

 Television Filmography

1984 ◘ Variations sur l'Internationale et autres Chan­sons