Bergala, Alain

(1943, France - )

   A film critic at Cahiers du Cinéma from 1976, he di­rected his first short in 1980 and appeared in several films (1984 Cinématon, documentary, short, as himself, Gérard Courant; 1993 Le Grand Bonheur, Hervé Le Roux; 2003 Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living, documentary, as himself, Fergus Daly, Ireland). He authored almost twenty books, including Roberto Rossellini (co-authored with Jean Narboni, Les Cahiers du Cinéma, 1990), Magnum Cinéma (Les Cahiers du Cinéma, 1994), Jean-Luc Godard par Jean-Luc Godard (two volumes, co-authored with Jean-Luc Godard, Cahiers du Ci­néma, 1998), Monika de Ingmar Bergman Yellow Now, 2005), and Luis Bunuel (Editions de l'Etoile / Cahiers du Cinéma, 2008).

 Filmography

1980 ◘ Le Mauvais Oeil (short)

1983 ◘ Faux-fuyants / US video: Subterfuge (co-director with Jean-Pierre Limosin; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1987 ◘ Où que tu sois? (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

 Television Filmography

1989 ◘ Incognito (also co-screenwriter)

1995 ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (documentary; episode "Cesare Pavese"; also screenwriter)

2003 ◘ Chaplin Today: The Kid (documentary; short)