Manzor, René

(René Lalanne / August 4, 1959, Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France - )

   The son of a Basque ONU servant father and a Leba­nese mother, he grew up in Uruguay and in Marseille. Besides his own movies, he co-wrote the screenplay and the dialogue of Monsieur N. (Antoine de Caunes, 2003). Other credit (as uncredited co-screenwriter): 1994 Highlander III: The Sorcerer / Highlander III (An­drew Morahan; Canada / France / UK). His brothers are composer and singer Francis Lalanne (b. 1958) and musician Jean-Félix Lalanne (b. 1962).

 Filmography

1981 ◘ Synapses (short; also screenwriter)

1983 ◘ Le Suicide de Frank Einstein (short; also screenwriter)

1984 ◘ Le Sang ou Le Testament d'un vieux Fou (ani­mated short; pilot for Le Passage)

1986 ◘ Le Passage / USA: The Passage (also co-screenwriter, actor)

1990 ◘ 36.15 Code Père Noël (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

1997 ◘ Un Amour de Sorcière (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2003 ◘ Dédales (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, actor, editor; France / Belgium)

 Television Filmography

1988 ◘ Sueurs froides (episodes "La Sublime Aven­ture", "La Belle Ouvrage"; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ The Window (short; USA)

        ◘ The Hitchhiker / Le Voyageur / UK: Deadly Night­mares (episodes "Windows", "Made in Paris"; Canada / France / USA)

        ◘ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (episode "Verdun, September 1916"; USA)

        ◘ Red Shoe diaries (episode "Night of Abandon"; USA)

        ◘ Highlander / Highlander: The Series (episode "Band of Brothers"; Canada / France)

        ◘ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (episode "Paris, September 1908"; Canada / France)

        ◘ Warrior Spirit (Canada)

        ◘ Aventures dans le Grand Nord (episodes "Les Légendes du Grand Nord", "Chasseurs de Loups", "Chasseurs d'Or"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; Canada / France)

1998 ◘ Highlander: The Raven / L'Immortel (episode "Cloak and Dagger"; Canada / France)

2001 ◘ Les Redoutables (episode "Confession")

        ◘ Alex Santana, Négociateur (episodes "La Cible", "Le Prédateur"; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Soeur Thérèse.com (episode "Une Affaire de Coeur")

        ◘ Le Juge est une Femme (episodes "Cas d'Ecole, Liquidaton totale", "Le Diamant du Palais", "Le Prix de la Vie")

        ◘ Alex Santana, Négociateur (episode "Accident")

2008 ◘ Le Juge est une Femme (episodes "Une Vie dans l'Ombre", "Le Prix de la Vie", "Le Diamant du Palais", "A Cœur et à Sang", "Princesse"; also co-screenwriter)