Grospierre, Louis

(June 23, 1927, Buellas, Ain, France - )

   He studied medieval literature and graduated with a bachelor's degree in law. From 1952 to 1954, he was an assistant to director Alberto Cavalcanti (1952 O canto do mar / USA: Song of the Sea) and directed programs for Brazilian TV. He also was a technical director (1954 Flash Gordon, episode "The Return of the Androids", Gunther von Fritsch, West Germany / USA; 1955 Flash Gordon, episode "The Race Against Time", Gunther von Fritsch, West Germany / USA) and co-screenwriter (1969 Plus jamais seuls, Jean Delire, Belgium). He co-authored a novel with Alain Quercy: 1995 La Juive de Pamiers (Editions Plon).

 Filmography

1955 ◘ Visages de Moscou / USA: Faces of Moscow (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1957 ◘ Les Femmes de Stermetz (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Vieux Capitaine (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Travail, c'est la Liberté (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Mon Ami Pierrot (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Etudiants (short)

        ◘ Les Veaux de Vaugirard (short)

        ◘ La Chèvre (short)

        ◘ Simon (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Etudes (short)

1965 ◘ Les Dieux de l'Eté (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Grand Amour blessé (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Du Mou dans la Gâchette / Due Killers in fuga (also co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Ouest (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter)

1969 ◘ Bruno, l'Enfant du Dimanche / UK: Bruno: Sun­day's Child (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, France / Belgium)

1990 ◘ Le Haut Mal (also co-screenwriter; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ Connemara / French video: Fatal Lovers (also screenwriter; shot in 1988)

 Television Filmography

1961 ◘ Le Théâtre de la Jeunesse (episode "Don Quichotte")

1965 ◘ Histoires d'Hommes (6 X 52'; co-director with Claude Boissol, Jean Dréville, Pierre Granier-Deferre; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Don Quijote / Don Quichotte / Don Quijote von der Mancha (13 X 26'; co-director with Jacques Bourdon, Carlo Rim; Spain / France / West Germany)

1967 ◘ L'Amateur ou S.O.S. Fernand (episode "Le Clep­tomane"; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Survivant

        ◘ Prune (30 X 13'; also co-screenwriter; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ Le Sixième Sens (10 X 26')

        ◘ Une Autre Vie (30 X 26'; also co-screenwriter; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ L'Inconnue du Vol 141 (30 X 13'; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Témoignages (TV series; co-director; France / Switzerland / Canada)

        ◘ Le Temps de vivre, le Temps d'aimer (TV series; also co-screenwriter; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ Les Enfants des Autres (13 X 30'; France / Switzerland)

        ◘ Typhelle et Tourteron (France / Switzerland)

        ◘ Le Village englouti (30 X 13')

        ◘ Les Anneaux de Bicêtre (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ De Guerre lasse

        ◘ Les Grandes Conjurations (episode "Les Fantômes du Palais d'Hiver")

        ◘ Tarendol (4 X 52')

        ◘ Le Roman du Samedi: Un Prêtre marié

        ◘ Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode "Maigret et le Clochard")

        ◘ Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode "La Tête d'un Homme")

        ◘ Battling le Ténébreux

        ◘ Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (episode "Tendres Pigeons")

        ◘ Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode "Maigret chez le Ministre")

        ◘ Les Cinq dernières Minutes (episodes "Fais-moi Cygne", "Crime blanc bleu")

1991 ◘ Les Cinq dernières Minutes (episode "Prête-moi ta Plume")

1994 ◘ Les Enfants du Faubourg (also co-screenwriter)

2000 ◘ L'Alambic (also screenwriter)

2002 ◘ Un Homme d'Honneur (also screenwriter)

2005 ◘ Le Nez rouge