Mordillat, Gérard

(October 5, 1949, Paris, France-)

   The son of a locksmith who worked for the SNCF (French national railway society), he began his profes­sional life as a printer before serving as an assistant director (1973 Lo Pais, Gérard Guérin, shot in 1971; Le Mariage à la Mode, Michel Mardore; 1975 La Messe dorée / Nella profonda luce dei sensi / USA: The Golden Mass, Béni Montrésor, France / Italy; 1976 Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma Mère, ma Sœur et mon Frère . . . , René Allio; 1978 Guerres civiles en France, segment "La Se­maine sanglante" Joël Farges, shot in 1976). In the early 1980s, he became responsible for the literary pages of the newspaper Libération and published his first novel (1981 Vive la Sociale!, Mazarine). A film director since 1974, he also worked as an executive producer (1982 Douce Enquête sur la violence, Gérard Guérin, shot in 1980) and screenwriter for films (1994 Les Braqueuses, as co-screenwriter, Jean-Paul Salomé; 1997 Marquise, as dialogist, Véra Belmont, France / Italy / Switzerland; 1998 L'Inconnu de Strasbourg, as co-screenwriter, Valéria Sarmiento; 2001 Lisa, as co-screenwriter, Pierre Grim-blat, France / Switzerland) and TV movies (1994 La Fille du Roi, as co-screenwriter, Philippe Triboit; 2002 Marie Marmaille, as co-screenwriter, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli), and actor (1998 Terminale, Francis Girod).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Musiciens du Culte (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Choisie (short; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1978 ◘ Patrons / Télévisions: La Bataille a commencé à Landernau (documentary; co-director with Nicolas Philibert)

        ◘ Latrons / Télévisions: Confidences sur l'Ouvrier (documentary; co-director with Nicolas Philibert)

        ◘ Latrons / Télévisions: Un Pépin dans la Boîte (documentary; co-director with Nicolas Philibert)

        ◘ La Voix de son Maître (documentary; co-director with Nicolas Philibert)

1983 ◘ Vive la Sociale! (also author of original novel, co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1985 ◘ Billy Ze Kick (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1987 ◘ Fucking Fernand / Zwei halbe Helden (also co-screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Cher Frangin (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Belgium / Canada)

        ◘ Shakespeare Sonnets (short)

        ◘ Toujours seuls (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Jacques Prevel, de Colère et de Haine (short; co-director with Jérôme Prieur)

        ◘ En Compagnie d'Antonin Artaud / UK and USA: My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud (originally shot for TV; also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Véritable Histoire d'Artaud le Momo / UK and USA: The True Story of Artaud the Momo (documentary; also co-screenwriter; co-director with Jérôme Prieur)

1999 ◘ Paddy (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1985 ◘ Série Noire (episode "Pas de vieux Os"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1987 ◘ L'Heure Simenon (episode "Le Fils Cardinaud"; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1990 ◘ L'Ami Giono (episode "Le Déserteur"; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1995 ◘ Architruc (also screenwriter)

1997 ◘ Corpus Christi (4 X 52' documentary; co-director with Jérôme Prieur)

2001 ◘ L'Apprentissage de la Ville 2003 LÎle Atlantique (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Simon le Juste (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

2006 ◘ La Forteresse assiégée (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2008 ◘ L'Apocalypse (12 X 52' documentary; co-director with Jérôme Prieur)