Gir, François

(François Pierre Girard / March 13, 1920, Paris, France - December 12, 2003, Pontoise, France)

   The son of actress Jeanne Fusier-Gir (1885-1973) and painter and sculptor Charles Gir, he was trained at the Ecole Technique de Photographie et de Ciné-matographie. After trying his luck as a painter and journalist, he became an assistant director (1949 Toâ, Sacha Guitry; 1951 Topaze, Marcel Pagnol; La Poison / USA: Poison, also actor as himself, Sacha Guitry; 1952 La Putain respectueuse / UK and USA: The Respectful Prostitute, Charles Brabant, Marcello Pagliero; 1954 Si Versailles m'était conté / UK: Fabulous Versailles / USA: Royal Affairs in Versailles / Affairs in Versailles, Sacha Guitry; 1956 Bob le Flambeur / UK: Bob the Gambler / USA: Fever Heat, also actor, Jean-Pierre Melville). Mainly a TV director, he shot three movies. He ap­peared as himself in Cinéastes de notre Temps (documentary, episode "Sacha Guitry", Claude de Givray, 1965) and Les Grands seconds Rôles (documentary, Aline Tacvorian, 1980).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Tziganes de Paris (documentary)

        ◘ Mon Pote le Gitan (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1987 ◘ Et Vincent pour finir s'est posé à Auvers . . . ! (documentary)

 Television Filmography

1957 ◘ En Direct de l'Elysée—La Première Maison de France (documentary; co-director with Alex­andre Tarta)

        ◘ Le Barbier de Séville ou La Précaution inutile

        ◘ L'Eventail de Lady Windermere La Première de Face (short)

        ◘ La Dame aux Camélias Le Joueur

        ◘ Quelques Pas dans les Nuages

        ◘ Le Médecin malgré lui Valentin le Désossé

        ◘ Gerfaut (9 X 26')

        ◘ Le Petit Café

        ◘ Joyeux Chagrins

        ◘ La Maîtresse

        ◘ Malicroix (also screenwriter, adapter)

1977 ◘ Deux Auteurs en Folie (TV miniseries; co-director only)

1981 ◘ Les Amours des Années folles (episode "La Mes­sagère")