Améris, Jean-Pierre

(July 26, 1961, Lyon, Rhône, France - )

   He had already shot three shorts in Lyon before moving to Paris and getting into IDHEC film school in 1984. In order to earn his living in his native town, he had temped while he filmed his first movies. Hav­ing graduated in 1987, he directed three other shorts, including Intérim, that won the Great Prize of the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival.

 Filmography

        ◘ Le Retour de Pierre (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Visite (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Hôtel des Cimes (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Inconnus (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Sans Abri (short)

        ◘ Lntérim (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Figures libres (short)

        ◘ La Passion d'Alexandre Lenoir (short)

        ◘ Ainsi la Nuit: Henri Dutilleux (documentary; short)

1994 ◘ Le Bateau de Mariage (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist; Switzerland; shot in 1992)

        ◘ Les Aveux de l'Innocent (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Belgium)

        ◘ Tous nos Vœux de Bonheur (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1999 ◘ Mauvaises Fréquentations (also co-screenwriter)

2001 ◘ C'est la Vie (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

2004 ◘ Poids léger (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Belgium)

2006 ◘ Je m'appelle Elisabeth (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1991 ◘ Après la Frontière (documentary; short)

        ◘ Une Vie nouvelle (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Braqueur solitaire

        ◘ Les Mystères du premier Film (documentary)

        ◘ Le Voyage des Cinéastes (medium-length; documentary)

        ◘ Madame Buvois—Hôtel Bellevue

        ◘ L'Amour à Vif

2007 ◘ Maman est folle (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)