SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Born November 12, 1947, in Paris.
Childhood and adolescence in Tours.
1968/1969: IDHEC (Institute of High Cinematographic Studies) in Paris.
From 1970 to 1975: collaborates on the magazine PILOTE as screenwriter and cartoonist.
In parallel, directs about twenty shorts.
1975: directs first feature film.
SELECTIVE FILMOGRAPHY:
1978 : French Fried Vacation
1979 : Les Bronzés font du ski
1986 : Tandem
1989 : Monsieur Hire
1990 : The Hairdresser's Husband (Prix Louis Delluc 1990)
1996 : Ridicule (César award for best film eand best Director)
1999 : The Girl on the Bridge
2000 : The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2002 : The Man on the Train
2004 : Intimate Strangers
2004 : Dogora
2006 : Les Bronzés 3 - Amis pour la vie
2006 : Mon meilleur ami
Jury attendance
- Member Feature films, 2006
