Poitrenaud, Jacques

(May 22, 1922, Lille, Nord, France - April 4, 2005, Paris, France)

   A former stage manager and actor, he entered films as an assistant editor (1946 Etoile sans Lumière / UK and USA: Star Without Light. Marcel Blistène). He suc­cessively was an editor (1950 Ballerina / USA: Dream Ballerina. Ludwig Berger; 1951 Paris est toujours Paris / Parigi è sempre Parigi. Luciano Emmer, France / Italy; 1952 Seuls au Monde. René Chanas; 1956 Maigret dirige l'Enquête, also assistant director, Stany Cordier), assistant director (1949 Rapide de Nuit. Marcel Blis­tène; Le Sorcier du Ciel. Marcel Blistène; 1955 Gueule d'Ange / USA: Pleasures and Vices. Marcel Blistène; 1956 Cette Sacrée Gamine / USA: Mam'zelle Pigalle / Naughty Girl / That Naughty Girl, Michel Boisrond; Impasse des Vertus / UK and USA: Love at Night, Pierre Méré; C'est arrivé à Aden, Michel Boisrond; Lorsque l'Enfant paraît. Michel Boisrond; Mitsou. Jacqueline Audry; 1957 Sait-on jamais . . . / Un colpo da due miliardi / USA: No Sun in Venice, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; Une Parisienne / Una Parigina / USA: La Parisienne, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; Le Naif aux Quarante Enfants. Philippe Agostini; 1958 Clara et les Méchants / Bourreaux d'En­fants. Raoul André; La Vie à Deux / UK: Life Together / USA: Life as a Couple. Clément Duhour; 1959 Faibles Femmes / Le donne sono deboli / USA: Three Murder­esses / Women Are Weak, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; Le Petit Prof, Carlo-Rim; Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960 / Relazioni pericolose / UK: Les Liaisons dange­reuses / USA: Dangerous Liaisons / Dangerous Affairs, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; Voulez-vous danser avec moi? / Sexy Girl / UK: Come Dance with Me / USA: Come Dance with Me!, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1960 Et mourir de Plaisir / Il sangue e la rosa / UK and USA: Blood and Roses, Roger Vadim, France / Italy), technical adviser (1961 Le Reflux. Paul Gégauff; 1971 Viva la muerte!, Fernando Arrabal, France / Tunisia; 1972 Sam-bizanga, Sarah Maldoror, Angola), executive producer (1976 Les Naufragés de l'Ile de la Tortue, Jacques Rozier, shot in 1974; Je suis Pierre Rivière, Christine Lipinska; 1980 Saloperie de Rock N Roll, three feature-length films: Deux "Rock Frites" saignants. Rock Cœur de Lyon. Ballade Rock, documentary, Jean-Noël Delamare), and actor in films (1981 Il faut tuer Birgit Haas / USA: Birgit Haas Must Be Killed, Laurent Heynemann, France / West Germany; 1982 Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux, Coline Serreau; 1984 Un Dimanche à la Cam­pagne / UK and USA: A Sunday in the Country. Bertrand Tavernier; 1985 Trois Hommes et un Couffin / UK and USA: Three Men and a Cradle, Coline Serreau; 1986 Autour de Minuit / 'Round Midnight, Bertrand Tavernier, France / USA; 1987 Les Mois d'Avril sont meurtriers, Laurent Heynemann; 1989 Romuald et Juliette / USA: Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed, Coline Serreau; 1996 La Belle Verte, Coline Serreau; 2001 Chaos, Coline Serreau) and on TV (1987 La Lettre perdue, Jean-Louis Bertucelli; 1990 Six Crimes sans Assassins, Bernard Stora; 1994 Couchettes Express, Luc Béraud). From 1984 to 1994, he ran the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival.

 Filmography

1956 ◘ Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Cité royale (documentary; short)

1960 ◘ Zaa, petit Chameau blanc (short)

        ◘ La Revenante (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Portes claquent (co-director with Michel Fermaud; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Les Amours de Paris (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Parisiennes / Le Parigine / UK: Beds and Broads / USA: Tales of Paris (episode "Ella" / "Tale of Ella"; France / Italy; shot in 1961)

        ◘ Strip-Tease / Una ragazza nuda / UK: Strip­Tease / USA: Sweet Skin (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ L'Inconnue de Hong Kong / USA: Stranger from Hong-Kong (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Du Grabuge chez les Veuves / Strana voglia di una vedova (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Une Souris chez les Hommes / Un Drôle de Caid

        ◘ La Tête du Client / Las noches de Monsieur Max (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Spain)

        ◘ Carré de Dames pour un As / Layton . . . bambole y karaté / Demasiadas mujeres para Layton / USA: A Ace for Four Queens (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy / Spain)

        ◘ Le Canard en Fer blanc / Mercenarios del aire (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Spain)

        ◘ Ce Sacré Grand-Père / USA: The Marriage Came Tumbling Down (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Léria à Séville (documentary; short)

        ◘ Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les Crocodiles? (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1969)

        ◘ Mendiants et Orgueilleux (also co-screenwriter; shot in 1971)