Philippe de Broca
Directing
Born March 15, 1933 in Paris, France
Philippe Claude Alex de Broca de Ferrussac (15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French film director. He directed 30 full-length feature films, including the highly successful That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio), The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) and On Guard (Le Bossu). His works include historical, romantic epics such as Chouans! and King of Hearts (Le Roi de cœur), as well as comedies with a charismatic, breezy hero ready to embark upon any adventure which comes his way, so long as it means escaping everyday modern life: Practice Makes Perfect (Le Cavaleur), The Devil by the Tail (Le Diable par la queue), The African (L'Africain). He had links with the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, with whom he made six films, as well as with Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Noiret and Jean Rochefort.
Filmography
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Le Terminus des prétentieux
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self (archive footage)
The Foreign Eye
Self
Viper in the Fist
Y aura pas école demain
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Self
Madame Sans-Gêne
Amazon
On Guard
Le Veilleur de nuit
Elle s'appelait Françoise
Self
Les hommes et les femmes sont faits pour vivre heureux… mais pas ensemble
Tales from the Zoo
Les Clés du Paradis
1001 Nights
Chouans !
Sacrée soirée
Self
The Gypsy
Louisiana
The African
Champs-Elysées
Self
Droit de Réponse
Self
Psy
Jupiter's Thigh
The Skirt Chaser
Dear Inspector
Julie pot-de-colle
Incorrigible
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Spécial cinéma
Self
The Magnificent One
Second Plumber (uncredited)
Dear Louise
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Touch and Go
Le Cinema de Papa
Jean Timent
Give Her the Moon
The Devil by the Tail
Un passant suédois
Don't Play with Martians
The Oldest Profession
King of Hearts
Adolf Hitler
Up to His Ears
Male Companion
Les Pieds nickelés
le chauffeur de taxi
The Little Misses
Le timide
That Man from Rio
People in Luck
Le passant qui reçoit l'affiche (segment "Une nuit avec la vedette")
The Girls of La Rochelle
Cartouche
L'homme qui crie 'les aristocrates à la lanterne'
The Seven Deadly Sins
La Gourmandise
Five Day Lover
The Joker
The Love Game
L'homme au cabaret Le Bateau Mouche
Breathless
A Journalist (uncredited)
The 400 Blows
Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité)
Le Beau Serge
Jacques Rivette de la Chasuble
Cinépanorama
Self
Three Dates
Alex, le peintre