Léon, Pierre

(November 11, 1959, Moscow, Russia-)

   Having settled in France in 1975, he studied literature and cinema at the University of Paris III, where he met Mathieu Riboulet, with whom he began direct­ing movies. He also played in several movies (1989 Les Cinéphiles l: Le Retour de Jean, Louis Skorecki; Les Cinéphiles 2: Eric a disparu, Louis Skorecki; 1993 Chasse gardée, Jean-Claude Biette, shot in 1990; 1996 Le Com­plexe de Toulon, Jean-Claude Biette; 2001 Humphrey Bogart et la Femme invisible, short, Anne Benhaïem; 2003 Toutes ces belles Promesses, Jean-Paul Civeyrac, France / Belgium; 2004 Le Dieu Saturne, short, Jean-Charles Fitoussi; Le Pont des Arts, Eugène Green; 2005 L'Etoile violette / TV: Jean-Jacques, short, Axel Robert; 2007 La France, Serge Bozon). Other credit (as sound engineer): 2006 Le Brahmane du kommintern (documentary, Vladimir Léon). His brother, Vladimir Léon, is also a director and actor.

 Filmography

        ◘ Li per li (also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ Le Lustre de Pittsburgh (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Dieu Mozart (also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ Oncle Vania (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Dieu Mozart II (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Histoire-Géographie (co-director with M. Ri-boulet; also screenwriter)

2001 ◘ L'Adolescent (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Etonnement (also screenwriter)

2004 ◘ Nissim dit Max (documentary; co-director with Vladimir Léon; shot in 2002)

        ◘ Octobre (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, actor)

        ◘ Guillaume et les Sortilèges (also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Idiot (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)