Drach, Michel

(October 18, 1930, Paris, France - February 14, 1990, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France)

   He studied painting at the Beaux-Arts and briefly was an actor. His cousin, filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, hired him as a second assistant director (1949 Le Silence de la Mer; 1950 Les Enfants terribles / USA: The Strange Ones). In 1951, he directed his first short and then created his own film production company, Port-Royal Films. He died of cancer. His former wife was actress Josée-Marie Nat (b. 1940).

 Filmography

1952 ◘ Les Soliloques du Pauvre (short)

1955 ◘ La Mer sera haute à Treize Heures (short)

1958 ◘ Auditorium / La Boucle (short; also screenwriter, production designer)

1960 ◘ On n'enterre pas le Dimanche (also screenwriter, adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

1963 ◘ Amélie ou Le Temps d'aimer / USA: Amelie or The Time to Love (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, co-producer, actor; shot in 1960)

        ◘ La Bonne Occase (also co-producer)

        ◘ Safari Diamant / Fur ein Handvoll Diamanten (also co-adapter, co-producer; France / West Germany)

1970 ◘ Elise ou La Vraie Vie (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-producer; France / Algeria)

        ◘ Les Violons du Bal / UK and USA: Violins of the Ball (also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer, actor)

        ◘ Parlez-moi d'Amour (also co-producer)

1977 ◘ Le Passé simple / USA: Replay (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer)

1979 ◘ Le Pull-Over rouge (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1982 ◘ Guy de Maupassant (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, delegate producer)

        ◘ Sauve-toi Lola (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Il est génial Papy! (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-producer)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Le Train bleu s'arrête 13 Fois (episodes "Paris: Signal d'Alarme", "Lyon: Marché en Main", "Marseille: Choc en Retour")

        ◘ Le Train bleu s'arrête 13 Fois (episodes "Toulon: Passe-Passe", "Cannes: On ne gagne qu'une Fois")

        ◘ Pes Compagnons de Jéhu (5 X 55' and I X 90')

1968 ◘ Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode "L'Inspecteur Cadavre")