Cavagnac, Guy

(September l5, l934, Paris, France - )

   After graduating from the IDHEC, he directed three shorts on French history (Charlemagne, La Révolution française, Napoléon) for the Encyclopaedia Britannica and American universities (l962). He served as an assistant director (l966 Les Ruses du Diable, Paul Vecchiali; l969 Sept Jours ailleurs, Marin Karmitz; Money Money Money, José Varéla; 1970 Un Condé / L'uomo venuto da Chicago / UK: Blood on My Hands / USA: The Cop, Yves Boisset, France / Italy) and shot or produced about thirty industrial films and directed reports for TV programs. Then he collaborated with Jean Renoir on the writing and preparation of unfilmed (C'est la Révolution; Julienne et son Amour) and concretized projects (l970 Le Petit Théâtre de Jean Renoir / Il teatrino di Jean Renoir / USA: The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir, TV movie theatrically released, Jean Renoir, France / Italy / West Germany). He co-founded and ran for seven­teen years the film production company Unité Trois. From l982 to l989, he managed the A.C.S. (Cen­tre de Création Cinématographique de Toulouse), which financed sixty-six shorts and six feature films. He taught cinema at the IDHEC and in various uni­versities in Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Dijon.

 Filmography

1974 ◘ Soldat Laforêt (also screenwriter, dialogist; shot in l97l)

1975 ◘ La vota (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1981 ◘ La Fière (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)