Sébastien Grall
Sébastien Grall (* 1953 or 1954 ; † July 11, 2013 ) was a French director and screenwriter who directed around 20 films, mostly produced for television, in France between 1982 and 2013. Including for films like A Father Seldom Comes Alone or Les Milles - Trapped in the Camp .
life and career
Sébastien Grall began his film career in 1977 as an assistant to the director Yves Boisset in his cinema production The Judge, whom they called Sheriff, with Patrick Dewaere in the lead role. At the end of the 1970s, two more jobs followed as assistant director for the directors Laurent Heynemann and Pierre Barouh.
In 1982 Grall directed the short film La nuit du lac before directing his first own feature film in 1986 with La femme secrète . In 1989 he made the comedy A Father Seldom Comes Alone, starring Eddy Mitchell , Guy Marchand and Véronique Genest . In 1995, based on his script, the war drama Les Milles - Trapped in the Camp with Jean-Pierre Marielle , Ticky Holgado , Rüdiger Vogler and Kristin Scott Thomas about the internment camp Les Milles in France was created.
In the 2000s, Grall made several award-winning television films and television series in France before returning to the big screen in 2012 with the film Hitch . A year earlier in 2011, he had made his directorial debut on stage with Alain Riou's play Hitch at the Lucernaire Theater .
Grall died on July 11, 2013 after a long illness at the age of 59. His daughter is the French actress Déborah Grall , granddaughter of the late actor Philippe Noiret .
Awards
- 2002: Award for Best Director for Un petit Parisien at the Festival de la fiction TV de Saint-Tropez
- 2013: Award for the best director for surveillance at the Festival de Luchon
Filmography
As a director
movie theater
- 1986: La femme secrète
- 1989: A father rarely comes alone (Un père et passe)
- 1995: Les milles - Trapped in the camp (Les Milles)
- 2012: Hitch
watch TV
- 1994: 3000 scénarios contre un virus (TV series, one episode)
- 1995: Van Loc: un grand flic de Marseille (TV series, one episode)
- 1997: Un petit grain de folie (TV movie)
- 1998: Mirage noir (TV movie)
- 1999: La façon de le dire (TV movie)
- 2000–2001: Madame le proviseur (TV series, four episodes)
- 2002: Un petit Parisien (TV movie)
- 2003: Les enfants du miracle (TV movie)
- 2003: Un été de canicule (TV miniseries)
- 2005: La vie à mains nues (TV movie)
- 2005: L'homme pressé (TV movie)
- 2005: 3 femmes ... un soir d'été (TV miniseries)
- 2009: La blonde au bois dormant (TV movie)
- 2009: Clara, une passion française (TV film)
- 2012: Autopsy d'un mariage blanc avec (TV film)
- 2012: Surveillance (TV film)
- 2013: Flic de supermarché (TV movie)
Short film
- 1982: La nuit du lac
As a screenwriter
- 1982: La nuit du lac (short film)
- 1986: La femme secrète
- 1989: A father rarely comes alone (Un père et passe)
- 1995: Les milles - Trapped in the camp (Les Milles)
- 2002: Un petit Parisien (TV movie)
- 2009: Clara, une passion française (TV film)
- 2013: Flic de supermarché (TV movie)
Web links
- Sébastien Grall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmography by Sébastien Grall in: The New York Times
- Films by Sébastien Grall with German distribution titles
- Obituary for Sébastien Grall in: Télerama
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary for Sébastien Grall in: Le Figaro
- ↑ Sébastien Grall in: Jeune Cinéma , editions 230-240, 1995, page 30
- ^ Obituary for Sébastien Grall in: Pure People
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grall, Sébastien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 or 1954 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11th 2013 |