Mazoyer, Robert

(September 5, 1929, Ai-guilhe, Haute-Loire, France - December 13, 1999, Paris, France)

   He grew up and made his primary and secondary stud­ies at Saint-Etienne. Having graduated from the IDHEC in 1953, he was mobilized during the Algerian War (1954-1955). Having returned to civilian life, he was a second assistant director (1956 Milord l'Arsouille, André Haguet; 1957 L'Etrange Monsieur Steve / US TV: Mr. Steve, Raymond Bailly; Fernand Clochard, Pierre Chevalier; La Châtelaine du Liban / La castellana del Libano / USA: The Lebanese Mission / US TV: Desert Detour, Richard Pottier, France / Italy; La Roue, André Haguet, Maurice Delbez) and first assistant director (1957 Mort en Fraude / USA: Fugitive in Saigon, Marcel Camus; 1958 Thérèse Etienne / Teresa Etienne, Denys de La Patellière, France / Italy; Tabarin, Richard Pottier, France / Italy; 1959 Orfeu Negro / Orfeo negro / USA: Black Orpheus, Marcel Camus, France / Italy; La Verte Moisson, François Villiers; 1960 Os Bandeirantes / Rio Negro / US TV: Gold of the Amazon, Marcel Camus, France / Italy; Le Gigolo, Jacques Deray; 1963 Un Soir par Hasard / Het Geleurde op een avond / USA: Agent of Doom, Yvan Govar, France / Belgium). A film director (since 1961) and TV director (since 1964), he authored several novels: 1983 Fleuve rouge (Ramsay); 1987 La Lettre amoureuse (Ramsay); 1990 La Demoiselle de l'Alcazar (Seghers); La Descente en Ville (Seghers). Other credit (as technical adviser): 1964 Patate / L'amico di famiglia / USA: Friend of the Family, Robert Thomas, France / Italy); (as co-screenwriter): 1968 Thibaud / Thibaud des Croisades / UK: Desert Crusader (TV series, Joseph Drimal); (as associate producer): 1984 Mistral's Daughter (TV miniseries, Kevin Connor, Douglas Hickox, USA).

 Filmography

1961 ◘ O Santo Modico (unreleased)

1962 ◘ La Croix des Vivants (co-director with Yvan Govar; shot in 1960)

1965 ◘ Monsieur Degas (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Chemins de Cézanne (documentary; short)

1986 ◘ Au Revoir et Bercy (short)

1993 ◘ Les Ors de Raguse (documentary)

 Television Filmography

1964 ◘ La Reine verte (France / Belgium)

1966 ◘ Rouletabille chez les Bohémiens (30 X 13')

1968 ◘ Provinces (segments "Provence / Giono", "Bretagne / Queffelec", "Auvergne / Marcel: Arland", "Ardennes / André Dhôtel"; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Valérie et l'Aventure (13 X 26')

1970 ◘ Les Cousins de la Constance (6 X 60')

        ◘ Les Femmes du Vietnam (documentary)

1972 ◘ Les Gens de Mogador / Julia von Mogador (13 X 55'; also screenwriter; France / Switzerland / Canada / West Germany)

        ◘ L'Enchantement

        ◘ Archicube (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Charmes de l'Eté (5 X 52')

        ◘ Le Cœur au Ventre (6 X 52')

        ◘ Au Plaisir de Dieu (5 X 84')

1979 ◘ Joséphine ou la Comédie des ambitions (5 X 90'; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Maison bleue 1981 Quatre Femmes, quatre Vies: La Maison bleue (also co-screenwriter)

1983 ◘ Les Poneys sauvages (5 X 90')

        ◘ 1986 A nous les beaux dimanches (4 X 2')

        ◘ Le Château au Soleil (6 X 52')

        ◘ Mon Dernier Rêve sera pour vous (6 X 52')

        ◘ Maria des Eaux vives (3 X 95')

        ◘ Jeanne

1997 ◘ Un Homme (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1995)

        ◘ Le Portrait du Peintre (short)