Jullian, Marcel

(January 31, 1922, Château-renard, Bouches-du-Rhône, France - June 28, 2004, Paris, France)

   A very busy man, he managed several publishing houses (Perrin, Plon, Julliard), wrote many books (especially on aviation), worked as a journalist (Paris-Presse, Le Figaro, VSD), was the chairman of Antenne 2 (a TV channel) from 1975 to 1978, and collaborated as a screenwriter on about thirty films and TV movies, including 1964 Cent Mille Dollars au Soleil / Centomila dollari al sole / UK and USA: Greed in the Sun (as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Henri Verneuil, France / Italy); 1965 Le Corniaud / Colpo grosso ma non troppo / UK and USA: The Sucker (as co-adapter, Gérard Oury, France / Italy); 1966 Ne nous fâchons pas (as co-adapter, Georges Lautner); La Grande Vadrouille / UK: Don't Look Now, We've Been Shot At / USA: Don't Look Now—We're Being Shot At (as co-adapter, Gérard Oury); Lagardère (6 X 52' TV series, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; Jean-Pierre Decourt); 1968 Fleur d'Oseille (as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Georges Lautner); 1969 Le Cerveau / Il Cervello / USA: The Brain (as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Gérard Oury, France / Italy); 1970 Le Mur de l'Atlantique / Un elmetto pieno di fifa . . . (as co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Marcel Camus, France / Italy); 1971 La Folie des Gran­deurs / Mania di grandezza / Die dummen Streiche der Reichen / Delirios de grandeza / UK and USA: Delusions of Grandeur (as co-screenwriter, Gérard Oury, France / Italy / West Germany); 1972 Les Rois maudits (6 X 100' TV series, Claude Barma). He directed two mo­tion pictures and a TV documentary.

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Eté de nos 15 Ans (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Parents ne sont pas simples cette Année (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1995 ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (episode "Jean Girau­doux")