Paviot, Paul

(March II, 1926, Paris, France - )

   Having graduated from the ENPC (Ecole Nationale de Photographie et Cinématographie) and from the SCPC (New York Signal Corp Photographic Center), he started out as a still photographer (a dozen mov­ies from 1947 Voyage surprise, Pierre Prévert, to 1950). He co-founded the Groupe des Trente, dedicated to shorts. In 1953, he directed an adaptation of his film Chicago Digest for the Crazy Horse cabaret.

 Filmography

        ◘ Terreur en Oklahoma (short; also producer)

        ◘ Chicago Digest (short)

        ◘ Saint-Tropez, Devoir de Vacances (also co-screenwriter)

1953 ◘ Torticola contre Frankensberg (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Lumière (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter)

1954 ◘ Pantomimes (short)

        ◘ Tempi nostri / Zibaldone N. 2 / Quelques Pas dans la Vie / UK: A Slice of Life / USA: The Anatomy of Love (segment "La Parade"; also co-screenwriter; Italy / France)

1955 ◘ Un Jardin public (short)

        ◘ Mam'zelle Souris (short; also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Django Reinhardt (documentary; short)

1960 ◘ Pantalaskas (also screenwriter, adapter, producer)

1962 ◘ Portrait Robot (also screenwriter, adapter, di-alogist, producer; shot in 1960)

 Television Filmography

1968 ◘ Les Cavaliers de la Route / Polizeifunk ruft (52 X 26'; also co-screenwriter; episodes "Be-gegnung in Paris", "Hahrerflucht im Morgen-grauen", "Das Giftige Dessert", "Philipp und Dorothea"; France / West Germany / Japan / Canada)

        ◘ Le Chien qui a vu Dieu La Fin et les Moyens Sultan à vendre

        ◘ Le Mauvais

        ◘ Irma la Douce

        ◘ Le Masque aux Yeux d'Or (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Genitrix

        ◘ Hugues Panassié ou La Passion du Jazz (documentary)

        ◘ Bonjour Monsieur Courteline

        ◘ Mauriac ou l'Enracinement (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Terrasse de Malagar

        ◘ Le Seigneur de Bel Air (also screenwriter)

1979 ◘ Robert Escarpit (documentary; also screenwriter)