Ormesson, Antoine D'

(November 3, 1924, Paris, France - )

   A music lover from his early childhood, he wrote a piano and orchestra concerto at age seventeen (turned into a violoncello and orchestra concerto, it was created at the Théâtre du Châtelet, in 1969). In 1942, while his father, politician and novelist Wladimir d'Ormesson, was chased by the Gestapo, he fled to Switzerland. Educated at Geneva and the Lausanne Conservatories of Music (1943-1944), he joined the First French Army, commanded by General de Lattre de Tassigny. After taking part in the Rhône, Vosges, and Alsace campaigns, he followed his father to Argentina (1945), where he completed his musical studies with Juan Bautista, a disciple of Manuel de Falla. He returned to France in 1948 and worked music for eight years, earning a living working for an electronics industry company (La Radio-Industrie). In 1957, he created a film production company, Sumer, and directed two shorts and six feature films. He is still a composer.

 Filmography

1961 ◘ Les Dieux de l'Eté (short; co-director with Louis Grospierre; also screenwriter, producer, composer)

1962 ◘ Les Yeux ouverts (short; also screenwriter, producer, composer)

        ◘ Trafics dans l'Ombre (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer, composer)

        ◘ Le Faux Pas (also screenwriter, adapter, produ­cer, composer)

        ◘ Arrastào (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, producer, composer)

        ◘ La Nuit infidèle / UK: Unfaithful Night (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer, composer)

        ◘ Le Guerillero ou Celui qui n'y croyait pas / USA: The Guerilla, or He Who Did Not Believe (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer, composer; France / Italy)

1970 ◘ L'Amour sur du Sable / Ad Libitum (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer, composer; unreleased)