Merret-Palmair, Christian

(August 30, 1960, Thionville, Sarthe, France - )

   He entered films as a trainee assistant director (1984 Le Thé à la Menthe, Abdelkrim Bahloul; 1985 A View to a Kill, John Glenn, UK / USA) and successively was an assistant unit production manager (1985 Le Mystère Alexina / UK and USA: The Mystery of Alexina, René Féret; Le Voyage à Paimpol, John Berry; 1986 813, Voyage incertain, Jean-Louis Lignerat; 1988 Sécurité publique, Gabriel Benattar, shot in 1986; 2002 La Nuit de l'Océan, Antoine Perset, shot in 1987), second as­sistant director (1988 Chouans!, Philippe de Broca; 1989 Zanzibar, Christine Pascal, France / Switzerland), unit production manager (1990 La Fille des Collines, Robin Davis), and first assistant director (1988 Une Femme pour l'Hiver, short, Manuel Flèche; 1991 Un Vampire au Paradis, Abdelkrim Bahloul; Les Carnassiers, TV movie, Yves Boisset; 1993 Le Tronc, Karl Zéro, Bernard Faroux). From 1992 to 2006, he wrote and directed more than 600 sketches for Karl Zéro (Le Vrai Journal). He also shot commercials (1996-2007).

 Filmography

1991 ◘ Rossignol de mes Amours (short; also co-screenwriter)

1995 ◘ Bons Baisers de Suzanne (short; also co-screenwriter)

2001 ◘ Les Portes de la Gloire (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

 Television Filmography

1992 ◘ Le Vrai Journal (more than 600 episodes; also 2006 s creenwriter)

1997 ◘ Les Carnets de Monsieur Manatane (10 X 5'; also co-screenwriter, editor)

        ◘ T'as pas 1 Minute (50 X I')

        ◘ Belle & Zen (20 X I'30")