Kahane, Roger

(September 20, 1932, Bois-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   The son of a university professor, he was fascinated with films since his childhood and read all the movie magazines and reviews of the 1940s and 1950s from L'Ecran français to Les Cahiers du Cinéma. He spent a lot of his time in cine-clubs. Having graduated from the IDHEC, he began his career as an assistant direc­tor to Christian-Jaque (1955 Nana, France / Italy) and René Clair (Les Grandes Manoeuvres / Grandi manovre / UK: Summer Manœuvres / USA: The Great Maneu­ver, France / Italy). A TV (since 1960) and film (since 1964) director, he also authored several plays he directed (Le Petit Chat est mort, Demandez la Chanson du Film, L'Epouvantail) and wrote books (1979 L'Affaire Peiper, co-written by Georges Arnaud, Atelier Marcel Jullian, Le Livre de Poche; Promenade, Mademoiselle, Club Zero; 2003 Le Petit Chat est mort, Editions La Femme Pressée). His credits as TV co-screenwriter include 1990 Les Cinq dernière Minutes (episode "Sang à l'Heure", Nicole André); 1999 L'Instit' (episode "Juliette et Roméo", Chantal Picault); 2000 L'Instit' (episode "Ting Ting", Pascale Dallet); 2001 L'Instit' (ep­isode "L'Ange des Vignes", Antoine Lorenzi); 2002 Le Tuteur (episode "La Belle et la Bête", Alain Schwartz-stein); 2005 Le Tuteur (episode "Il fera beau Demain", José Pinheiro); 2006 Le Tuteur (episode "Le Pêcheur de Miracles", François Velle).

 Filmography

1964 ◘ Le Cirque au Village (short)

1968 ◘ L'Enfant de la haute Mer (short)

1970 ◘ Sortie de Secours (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Madly / Madly, il piacere dell'uomo / USA: The Love Mates (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

1988 ◘ La Peau et les Pépins (short)

1998 ◘ Je suis vivante et je vous aime / US festival: I'm Alive and I Love You (also co-screenwriter; France / Belgium)

 Television Filmography

1960 ◘ L'Âne et le Ruisseau

1962 ◘ La Nuit du Temps

        ◘ Henri Cartier-Bresson (documentary; short)

        ◘ Athalie

        ◘ Le Mariage

1963 ◘ Un Amour électronique

        ◘ Le Canari

        ◘ Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien Les Eaux dérobées

1964 ◘ Ebauche d'un Roman

        ◘ Laçade

        ◘ L'Histoire pittoresque (10 X 40'; co-director only)

        ◘ Sens interdit

        ◘ Jeanne au Bûcher Oblomov

        ◘ La Péri Chaka

        ◘ Ainsi font, font, font

        ◘ L'Enfant et les Sortilèges

        ◘ Le Tribunal de l'Impossible (episode "Les Ren­contres du Trianon ou La Dernière Rose")

        ◘ Kandinsky et la Découverte de l'Art abstrait (documentary)

        ◘ Le Fils prodigue

        ◘ L'Etoile

        ◘ Les Femmes aussi ont perdu la Guerre

        ◘ La Fille de Madame Angot Lantasio

        ◘ Beau François

1975 ◘ L'Ortie

        ◘ L'Affaire Portal (documentary)

        ◘ Henri Cartier-Bresson: L'Aventure moderne (doc­umentary; short)

        ◘ Robert Macaire

        ◘ Fachoda (6 X 60')

        ◘ Marthe, 19 Ans en 18

        ◘ On ne badine pas avec l'Amour L'Affaire Peiper (documentary)

1979 ◘ Les Procès, Témoins de leur Temps: Varinka

        ◘ Les Dossiers éclatés (episode "Mort non na­turelle d'un Enfant naturel")

        ◘ Charles Clément, Canut de Lyon

1980 ◘ Les Dossiers éclatés (episode "Les Fusils sont arrivés")

        ◘ Papa Poule (13 X 56')

1981 ◘ L'Ennemi de la Mort (4 X 60')

        ◘ L'Âge vermeil (4 X 52')

        ◘ L'Histoire en marche (episode "Le Serment")

        ◘ Irène et Fred (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Drôles d'Histoires (episodes "Crime passion­nel", "Le Comptoir d'Etain", "Pour le meilleur et pour le Pire", "Mariage de Raison", "Le Taulard", "Le Voyeur", "A votre bon Cœur", "M'sieurs Dames", "L'Homme au Masque", "Droit de Visite", "Nuit de Noël", "Dépôt vente"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Masque (episode "L'Île aux Mouettes")

        ◘ Les Deux Frères (8 X 60'; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Histoires d'Amour (100 X 26'; co-director only)

        ◘ Premiers Baisers (325 X 26'; four episodes)

        ◘ Goal (episodes "L'Anniversaire", "Un Goal au-dessus de tout Soupçon"; also screenwriter)

1996 ◘ Ma Petite Mimi (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1999 ◘ L'Instit' (episode "L'Enfant caché"; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ L'Instit' (episode "La Gifle"; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ L'Instit' (episodes "Aurélie", "La Main dans la Main")

        ◘ Regards d'Enfance—Ecoute Nicolas (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Tuteur (episodes "Flèche d'Or", "Promenade de Santé"; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)