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Jean-Paul Savignac

Born May 8, 1936 · Versailles, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France (age 90)

Jean-Paul Savignac is a French writer and translator, specializing in classical languages. Educated at the Lycée Buffon and the Sorbonne, he became a professor of classical literature. Savignac has translated works from Greek and Latin and authored several books on the Gaulish language, including a collection of poems titled Le Chant de l'initié. He is an officer of the Palmes académiques and a me…

Known For

Happiness

Happiness · 1965

MovieDramaRomance

Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, 'Le bonheur' examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.

Vivre Sa Vie

Vivre Sa Vie · 1962

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg · 1964

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

MovieDramaRomance

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

Alphaville

Alphaville · 1965

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

Band of Outsiders

Band of Outsiders · 1964

Band of Outsiders

MovieCrimeDrama

Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.

The Carabineers

The Carabineers · 1963

The Carabineers

During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.

Nick Carter and Red Club

Nick Carter and Red Club · 1965

Nick Carter and Red Club

MovieActionCrime

A secret agent uncovers four atomic rockets with a lethal gas warhead which have been stolen from a secret factory, and a dastardly plot.

La route

La route · 1975

Mercadet, a young man, and Morin, a forty-something, meet in a brothel in India. They team up to continue their journey together. Along the way, they will meet various people.

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Happiness

Happiness · 1965

MovieDramaRomance

Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker. One of Agnès Varda's most provocative films, 'Le bonheur' examines, with a deceptively cheery palette and the spirited strains of Mozart, the ideas of fidelity and happiness in a modern, self-centered world.

Assistant Director

Vivre Sa Vie

Vivre Sa Vie · 1962

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

Second Assistant Director

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg · 1964

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

MovieDramaRomance

This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.

Assistant Director

Alphaville

Alphaville · 1965

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”

Assistant Director

Band of Outsiders

Band of Outsiders · 1964

Band of Outsiders

MovieCrimeDrama

Cinephile slackers Franz and Arthur spend their days mimicking the antiheroes of Hollywood noirs and Westerns while pursuing the lovely Odile. The misfit trio upends convention at every turn, be it through choreographed dances in cafés or frolicsome romps through the Louvre. Eventually, their romantic view of outlaws pushes them to plan their own heist, but their inexperience may send them out in a blaze of glory -- which could be just what they want.

Assistant Director

The Carabineers

The Carabineers · 1963

The Carabineers

During a war in an imaginary country, unscrupulous soldiers recruit poor farmers with promises of an easy and happy life. Two of these farmers write to their wives of their exploits.

Assistant Director

Nick Carter and Red Club

Nick Carter and Red Club · 1965

Nick Carter and Red Club

MovieActionCrime

A secret agent uncovers four atomic rockets with a lethal gas warhead which have been stolen from a secret factory, and a dastardly plot.

Director

La route

La route · 1975

Mercadet, a young man, and Morin, a forty-something, meet in a brothel in India. They team up to continue their journey together. Along the way, they will meet various people.

Director of Photography

Depraved Relations

Depraved Relations · 1975

Depraved Relations

A finely executed French drama which manages to avoid sensation to obtain its interesting effects. A shallow and selfish young Parisienne photographer seduces the young wife of a business.... The photographer's immortality ensnares the young woman in a betrayal of her middle-class values. However, despite the attempts of the photographer to exploit the woman's situation, her genuine substance and intelligence provides for an interesting solution.

Director