Fourastié, Philippe

(January 14, 1940, Cabourg, Calvados, France - September 6, 1982, Tréguier, Côtes d'Armor, France)

   He served as an assistant director (1964 La Difficulté d'ête Infidèle / I piaceri coniugali, Bernard Toublanc-Michel, France / Italy; La Chance et l'Amour / L'amore e la chance, segment "Lucky la Chance", Charles Bitsch, France / Italy; 1965 Les Baisers / I baci / Una voglia matta di donna, segments "Cher Baiser", Charles Bitsch; "Baiser d'Eté", Bernard Toublanc-Michel, France / Italy, shot in 1963; La 3l7ê Section / Sangre en Indochina / UK and USA: 317th Platoon / 317th Section, Pierre Schoendoerffer, France / Spain; Marie-Chantal contre le Docteur Kha / Marie Chantal contro il Dr. Kha / Ma­ria Chantal contra el Doctor Kha / USA: Blue Panther, Claude Chabrol, France / Italy / Spain; Pierrot le Fou / Il bandito delle undici / UK and USA: Crazy Pete / Pierrot Goes Wild, Jean-Luc Godard, France / Italy; 1967 La Religieuse / Suzanne Simonin, la Religieuse de Diderot / USA: The Nun, Jacques Rivette, shot in 1965; 1968 Les Gauloises bleues, Michel Cournot) before making his directing debut in 1967.

 Filmography

        ◘ Un Choix d'Assassins (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Bande à Bonnot / La banda Bonnot (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

 Television Filmography

1972 ◘ Mandrin (6 X 52'; also co-screenwriter; France / Italy / Switzerland / West Germany / Yugoslavia; shot in 1970)