Cavalier, Alain

(Alain Fraissé / September 14, 1931, Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, France - )

   Having graduated from the IDHEC, he was assistant to director Louis Malle (1958 Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud / UK: Lift to the Scaffold / USA: Frantic; Les Amants / UK and USA: The Lovers) and co-wrote several films (1959 Chronique provinciale, Jean-Paul Rappeneau; Le Second Souffle, short, as adapter, Yannick Bellon; 1962 La Croix des Vivants / Het Kruis der Levenden, as co-screenwriter, Yvan Govar, Robert Mazoyer, shot in 1960-1961, France / Belgium; L'Homme à Femmes / US TV: Murder by Two, as co-screenwriter, Jacques-Gérard Cornu; 1966 La Vie de Château / UK: Gracious Living / USA: A Matter of Resistance, as co-screenwriter, Jean-Paul Rap-peneau). He authored the commentary of Entre Ciel et Terre (documentary, short, CarlosVilardebô, 1959) and appeared as himself in a few documentaries (1996 Ci­néma de notre Temps, episodes "Sept Chapitres", "Cinq Jours", "2 Pièces Cuisine", Jean-Pierre Limosin; 2004 Epreuves d'Artistes, Samuel Faure, Gilles Jacob; 2005 Roger Diamantis ou La vraie Vie, Elise Girard). He was married to actress Irène Tunc (1934-1972) and film editor Denise de Casabianca. His daughter is actress and director Camille de Casabianca (b. 1957).

 Filmography

1958 ◘ Un Américain (short; also screenwriter)

1962 ◘ Le Combat dans l'Ile / USA: Fire and Ice (also screenwriter)

1964 ◘ L'Insoumis (also screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Mise à Sac / Una notte per cinque rapine (also co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

        ◘ La Chamade / USA: Heartbeat (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)

1976 ◘ Le Plein de Super (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1979 ◘ Martin et Léa (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; shot in 1977-1978)

        ◘ Ce Répondeur ne prend pas de Messages (also screenwriter)

1981 ◘ Un Etrange Voyage (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1986 ◘ Thérèse (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1988 ◘ La Dame des Lavabos (documentary; also actor as himself, interviewer)

1993 ◘ Libera me (also co-screenwriter)

1996 ◘ La Rencontre (also screenwriter, cinematographer, editor)

2000 ◘ Vies / USA: Lives (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer, sound engineer, editor)

2002 ◘ René (also screenwriter, cinematographer, editor)

2005 ◘ Le Filmeur (also screenwriter, cinematographer, actor as himself)

 Television Filmography

1982 ◘ Cinéma, Cinémas (documentary; short; episode "Alain Cavalier: Lettre d'un Cinéaste")

2007 ◘ Lieux saints (documentary; short)