- Deville, Michel
- (April 13, 1931, Boulogne-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )A former assistant to Henri Decoin (1952 Les Amants de Tolède / Gli amanti di Toledo / El tirano de Toledo / UK: Lovers ofToledo / USA: The Lovers ofToledo, France / Italy / Spain; 1953 Dortoir des Grandes / UK: Girls' Dormitory / USA: Inside a Girls' Dormitory; 1954 Secrets d'Alcôve / Il letto / UK: The Secrets of the Bed / USA: The Bed, segment "Le Billet de Logement", France / Italy; Bonnes à tuer / Quattro donne nella notte / USA: One Step to Eternity, France / Italy; 1955 Razzia sur la Chnouf / UK: Chnouf / USA: Razzia / Razzia sur la chnouf, France / Italy; 1957 Folies-Bergère; Le Feu aux Poudres / X3, opera-zione dinamite, France / Italy; Tous peuvent me tuer / Tutti possono uccidermi / UK: Anyone Can Kill Me / USA: Everybody Wants to Kill Me, France / Italy; Charmants Garçons / UK: Charming Boys / USA: Too Many Lovers; 1958 La Chatte / UK: The Face of the Cat / USA: The Cat), he also was a technical cooperator to direction (1961 En votre Âme et Conscience / Jugez-les bien, Roger Saltel; 1970 Le Sauveur / UK: The Saviour / USA: The Savior, Michel Mar-dore) and cinematographer (1976 Pour quelque Chose de plus, documentary, Jacques Hubinet, Jean-Claude Bertrand) and occasional actor (1995 Le Fils de Gascogne / US DVD: The Son of Gascogne, as himself, Pascal Aubier). He created and ran his production company, Eléfilm, with his wife Rosalinde Deville.Filmography1957 ◘ Autour d'un Film (documentary; short; co-director with Charles Gérard)1958 ◘ Une Balle dans le Canon (co-director with Charles Gérard; also co-adapter)◘ Ce Soir ou jamais (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)◘ Adorable Menteuse (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)◘ A Cause, à Cause d'une Femme / UK: Because of a Woman / USA: Because, Because of a Woman (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)◘ L'Appartement des Filles / L'appartamento delle ragazze / Gangster, Gold und flotte Màdchen (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy / West Germany)◘ Lucky Jo (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)◘ On a volé la Joconde / Il ladro della Gioconda (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)◘ Martin Soldat / UK: Kiss Me General (also co-adapter)◘ Zàrtliche Haie / Tendres Requins (West Germany / France)◘ Benjamin ou Les Mémoires d'un Puceau / Benjamin / USA: The Diary of an Innocent Boy (also co-screenwriter)◘ Bye Bye Barbara (also co-screenwriter)◘ L'Ours et la Poupée / USA: The Bear and the Doll (also co-screenwriter)◘ Raphaël ou Le Débauché◘ La Femme en bleu / USA: The Woman in Blue (also screenwriter; France / Italy)◘ Le Mouton enragé / Il montone infuriato / UK: Love at the Top / USA: The French Way Is (France / Italy)◘ L'Apprenti Salaud (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)◘ Le Dossier 51 / Ohne Datenschutz / USA: Dossier 51 (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / West Germany)◘ Le Voyage en Douce / USA: Sentimental Journey (also co-screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)◘ Eaux profondes / USA: Deep Water (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)1983 ◘ La Petite Bande / USA: The Little Bunch (also co-adapter)◘ Péril en la Demeure / UK: Death in a French Garden / USA: Péril en la Demeure (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)◘ Le Paltoquet / UK: Paltoquet (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)1988 ◘ La Lectrice / UK and USA: The Reader (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)◘ Nut d'Eté en Ville◘ Contre l'Oubli / Ecrire contre l'Oubli / Against Oblivion / Lest We Forget (documentary; segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")1992 ◘ Toutes Peines confondues1994 ◘ Aux Petits Bonheurs1997 ◘ La Divine Poursuite (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)1999 ◘ La Maladie de Sachs (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)2003 ◘ Un Monde presque paisible / USA: Almost Peaceful (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)2005 ◘ Un Fil à la PatteTelevision Filmography1964 ◘ Les Petites Demoiselles 1984 Les Capricieux
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.
