Maurice Pialat

Biography

Maurice Pialat  (21 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor noted for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as being "realist", though many film critics acknowledge that it does not fit the traditional definition of realism.

Directed

1. A Nos Amours (1983) — Director
2. Under the Sun of Satan (1987) — Director
3. Police (1985) — Director
4. Van Gogh (1991) — Director
5. Loulou (1980) — Director
6. Naked Childhood (1969) — Director
7. We Won't Grow Old Together (1972) — Director
8. Graduate First (1978) — Director
9. The Mouth Agape (1974) — Director
10. Love Exists (1960) — Director
11. Le Garçu (1995) — Director
12. Byzance (1964) — Director
13. La Maison des bois (1971) — Director
14. Bosphore (1964) — Director
15. Pehlivan (1964) — Director
16. Golden Horn (1964) — Director
17. Janine (1962) — Director
18. Istanbul (1964) — Director
19. Maître Galip (1964) — Director
20. Isabelle aux Dombes (1951) — Director
21. The Familiar Shadow (1958) — Director
22. Funny Reels (1957) — Director
23. Congrès eucharistique diocésain (1953) — Director
24. La Camargue (1966) — Director
25. Van Gogh (1965) — Director
26. Their First Films (2004) — Director
27. La Parisienne et les grands magasins (1965) — Director
28. Pigalle (1965) — Director
29. Agnès Varda tourne... (1965) — Director
30. Les Champs-Élysées (1965) — Director
31. De la mer jaillira la lumière (1966) — Director
32. Lugdunum (1966) — Director
33. Le Quartier Latin (1966) — Director
34. Pierres éparses (1962) — Director

Also appeared in

1. A Nos Amours (1983) — Le Père
2. This Man Must Die (1969) — Inspecteur Constant
3. Under the Sun of Satan (1987) — Menou-Segrais
4. My Little Loves (1974) — Henri's Friend
5. La Maison des bois (1971) — Testard, l'instituteur
6. Lola's Lolos (1976) — The tool seller
7. Vivement dimanche (1998) — Self
8. The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows (1964)
9. Cinématon (1978) — N°236
10. One Minute for One Image (1983) — Self - Narrator
11. Sous le soleil de Pialat (2021) — Self (archive footage)
12. Funny Reels (1957) — Ruby Alcow
13. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
14. Grosse (1985) — Le réalisateur
15. 17ème jour de tournage du film "Police" (1984) — Self
16. Autour de L'Enfance nue (1969) — Self - Interviewee
17. Cinématon XXIV (1982) — N°236
18. Maurice Pialat, l'amour existe (2007) — Self (archival footage)
19. Ciné regards (1978) — Self