Girault, Jean

(Jean Jacques Antoine Girault / May 9, 1924, Villenaux-la-Grande, Aube, France - July 24, 1982, Paris, France)

   He met his future co-screenwriter and co-author Jacques Vilfrid in high school. A former jazz bass player in Claude Luter's orchestra in 1946 and a member of Eddie Barclay's band, he attended L'Ecole des Travaux Pratiques du Cinéma. In 1947, he entered films as an assistant to director Marcel Blistène. Then he successively worked as author of an original play; screenwriter (1947 Le Mystérieux Colonel Barclay, medium-length, Jacques Vilfrid; Matri-culel / Placide s'évade, medium-length, Jacques Vilfrid); co-screenwriter and co-dialogist (1952 Un Jour avec vousf Jean-René Legrand; L'Amour, toujours l'AmourF also author of original play, Maurice de Canonge; 1955 Cherchez la Femme, Raoul André; 1957 LAmi de la Famille, also co-adapter, Jack Pinoteau; 1958 Chéri, fais-moi Peur, Jack Pinoteau); dialogist (1956 Printemps à Paris, Jean-Claude Roy; 1957 Une Nuit au Moulin-Rouge, Jean-Claude Roy); co-screenwriter, co-adapter, and dialogist (1958 Le Sicilien, Pierre Chevalier; 1959 La Marraine de Charley, Pierre Chevalier); co-adapter and dialogist (1960 Le Mouton, Pierre Chevalier); and finally director.

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Pique-Assiette (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Moutons de Panurge (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Livreurs (also co-adapter)

1963 ◘ Les Bricoleurs / USA: Who Stole the Body? (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Veinards (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; segments "LeVison", "Le Repas gastronomique", "Le Yacht")

        ◘ Pouic-Pouic (also co-screenwriter)

1964 ◘ Faites sauter la Banque! (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez / Una ragazza a Saint-Tropez / UK and USA: The Gendarme of St. Tropez (also co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Les Gorilles / USA: The Gorillas (also co-adapter)

1965 ◘ Le Gendarme à New York / Tre gendarmi a New York (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Monsieur le Président-Directeur Général / Ap­pelez-moi Maître (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Grandes Vacances / Le grandi vacanze (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Un Drôle de Colonel

        ◘ Le Gendarme se marie / Calma ragazzi oggi mi sposo / Oggi mi sposo / USA: The Gendarme Gets Married (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ La Maison de Campagne

        ◘ Le Gendarme en Balade / 6 gendarmi in fuga (France / Italy)

        ◘ Le Juge / AllOvest di Sacramento / USA: Judge Roy Bean / Trouble in Sacramento (as Richard Owens; also screenwriter; France / Italy; shot in 1969)

        ◘ Jo / UK: Joe: The Busy Body (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Charlots font l'Espagne / Los Charlots van a Espana (also co-screenwriter; France / Spain)

        ◘ Le Concierge (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Permis de conduire

        ◘ Deux Grandes Filles dans un Pyjama (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Les Murs ont des Oreilles (also screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ L'Intrépide (also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Année sainte (France / Italy)

        ◘ Le Mille-Pattes fait des Claquettes (also co-adapter)

        ◘ L'Horoscope

        ◘ Le Gendarme et les Extra-Terrestres / UK video: The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

        ◘ L'Avare (co-director with Louis de Funès; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1981 ◘ Ach du lieber Harry (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / West Germany)

        ◘ La Soupe aux Choux

1982 ◘ Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes (the movie was completed by first assistant director Tony Aboyantz after the death of Jean Girault)

 Television Filmography

1978 ◘ Sam et Sally (two 52' episodes)