- Vilardebô, Carlos
- (September 15, 1926, Lisbon, Portugal-)Portuguese born, he arrived in France in his childhood and began working at age seventeen. A frequent moviegoer during the occupation of France, he read L'Histoire du Cinéma by Maurice Bardèche and Robert Brasillach and was deeply impressed by Abel Gance's Napoléon and Fritz Lang's Métropolis. After the liberation of France, he left his job (he worked with a decorator) to become an assistant director (1945 Happy Landing, short; 1946 Square du Temple, short; Trocadéro, short; 1947 Antoine et Antoinette / UK and USA: Antoine and Antoinette, Jacques Becker; 1948 L'Impeccable Henri, Charles-Félix Tavano; 1949 L'Escadron blanc, René Chanas; Du Guesclin, Bernard de Latour; Rendez-vous de Juillet, Jacques Becker; 1950 Agnès de rien, Pierre Billon; Au Revoir Mr. Grock / Manege Frei, Pierre Billon, France / West Germany; Mon Phoque et elles, Pierre Billon; 1952 Astrologie, le Miroir de la Vie, short, Pierre Billon; Encyclopédie filmée:Alchimie, Pierre Billon; La Fête à Henriette / UK: Henriette / USA: Holiday for Henrietta. He was a technical adviser to Agnès Varda (1956 La Pointe courte, shot in 1954). He directed his first short at age nineteen.Filmography1945 ◘ La Chaude Journée (short; co-director only)1948 ◘ Jeux d'Enfants (short)◘ Un Dimanche◘ La Vie continue◘ Pensée 580 (short)◘ Le Fusillé (short)◘ Avalanches Arles◘ L'Encyclopédie filmée (short)◘ Capuletti el Pintor (documentary)◘ Monger pour vivre (documentary; short)◘ Le Moyen Âge français (documentary)◘ Le Premier Champ (documentary; short)◘ La Piste (documentary; short)◘ Flanteurs du Mungo (documentary; short)◘ Les Gens de Matapit (documentary; short)◘ Les Terres de Golompo (documentary; short)◘ Pétroliers des Sables (documentary; short)◘ Bolides au Mans (documentary; short)◘ Vivre (short)◘ L'Eau et la Pierre (documentary; short)◘ Sahara Brut 58 (documentary; short)◘ Scarbo (documentary; short)◘ Scherzo (documentary; short)◘ Entre la terre et le Ciel (documentary; short)◘ Cités interdites (Le Fleuve invisible) (documentary; short; also screenwriter)1959 ◘ Peter Townsend en Afrique (documentary; short)◘ Entre la Terre et le Ciel (documentary; short, also screenwriter)1960 ◘ Naissance de Mille Villages (documentary; short)◘ Energie (Soleils) (documentary; short)◘ Bilan d'un Jour (documentary; short)1961 ◘ La Petite Cuillère (also screenwriter; shot in 1959)◘ Guerre et Poésie (short)◘ Le Cirque de Calder / USA: Calder's Circus (documentary; short)◘ Verre textile (documentary; short)◘ Ici, ailleurs (documentary; short)1962 ◘ Véronique ou les jeunes Filles (documentary; short)◘ Mille et une Nuits, La Jambe de Mouton (documentary; short)1965 ◘ Mobiles de Calder (documentary; short)◘ Jean-Louis Barrault à New York (documentary; short)◘ Le Louvre (documentary; short)◘ Marie-France Starlette (documentary; short)◘ Chroniques de France (documentary; short; episode "Un Joaillier")◘ La France dans Vingt Ans (documentary; short)◘ Henri de France (documentary; short)1966 ◘ As ilhas encantadas / Les Iles enchantées (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; shot in 1964; Portugal / France)◘ Fondation Maeght (documentary; short)◘ Ici ailleurs (documentary; short; episode "Parly 2")◘ Musée Fernand Léger (documentary; short)◘ Chroniques de France (documentary; short; episode "Les Lalannes")◘ Jardins des Plantes (documentary; short)◘ Chroniques de France (documentary; short; episode "Van Dongen")◘ Chroniques de France (documentary; shorts; episodes "Le Rhône", "Le Rhin", "La Garonne")◘ Le Corbusier (documentary; short)◘ Les Olympiades de la Mode (documentary; short)◘ Cigarette et Tabac noir (documentary; short)◘ Arman (documentary; short)1970 ◘ La Statuette (also screenwriter; cinematographer)◘ D'un seul Geste (documentary; short)◘ Mouvements (documentary; short)1971 ◘ Le Volet (short)◘ Couvent de la Tourette (Le Corbusier) (documentary; short)◘ Tinguely (documentary; short)◘ Chroniques de France (documentary; short; episode "Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing")1972 ◘ 12 Ans d'Art contemporain (documentary; short)◘ Folon (documentary; short)◘ Les Trois Vallées (documentary; short)◘ La Loire (documentary; short)◘ Les Affiches de Cheret (documentary; short)◘ Jean-Louis Barrault à Orsay (documentary; short)◘ Chroniques de France (documentary; short; episode "Tambours")1973 ◘ Les Gouaches de Calder (documentary; short)◘ Une Montre (documentary; short)◘ L'Arbre et le Châtaignier (documentary; short)1976- Icônes bulgares (documentary; short)◘ Le Tage (documentary; short)◘ La Maison des Fous (documentary; short)1977 ◘ Itinéraire (documentary; short)◘ Hôtel des Invalides (documentary; short)◘ Châteaux en Bavière (documentary; short)◘ Châteaux en Val de Loire (documentary; short)◘ Titus-Carmel (documentary; short)◘ Ben (documentary; short)◘ Aéroport CDG2 (documentary; short)◘ Taule (documentary; short)◘ Moet-Hennessy (documentary; short)Television Filmography◘ Dim Dam Dom (documentary; shorts; episodes "La Petite Robe", "Les Petits Pulls")◘ Dim Dam Dom (documentary; short; episode "Clavecin")◘ Civilisations méditerranéennes (documentary; short; episode "Espace")◘ Civilisations méditerranéennes (documentary; shorts; episodes "Migration", "Famille")◘ Civilisations méditerranéennes (documentary; shorts; episodes "Histoire", "Héritage")◘ Solitude (documentary; short)◘ L'Aventure de l'Art moderne (documentary; shorts; episodes "Fauvisme", "Cubisme", "Surréalisme", "Abstraction")◘ L'Aventure de l'Art moderne (documentary; shorts; episodes "Expressionisme", "Expression Contemporaine", "Nouvelle Réalité", "Abstraction américaine")◘ L'Aventure de l'Art moderne (documentary; shorts;episodes"Expérience de l'Abstraction", "Epreuve de l'Objet", "Art en Question", "Quête de la réalité, l'Aventure")1981 ◘ Baroque espagnol (documentary; short)◘ Le Louvre: Le Rêve médiéval (documentary)◘ Le Louvre: Le Théâtre de la Passion (documentary)◘ Le Louvre: Le Siècle de Louis XIV (documentary)1985 ◘ La edad media en sus siclos oscuros (Spain)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.
