Philippe de Broca

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1933-03-15

Deathday 2004-11-26 (71 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Also Known As de Broca de Ferrussac, Филипп де Брока

Philippe de Broca

Biography

Philippe de Broca (15 March 1933 – 26 November 2004) was a French movie 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. Philippe de Broca was born on 15 March 1933 in Paris, France. He was the son of a cinema set designer and the grandson of a well-known painter, Philippe de Broca. He studied at the Paris Photography and Cinematography School (école Vaugirard), graduating in 1953. He carried out his military service with the service cinématographique des armées (army film service) in Germany and then in Algeria, directing or acting as head cameraman on short films. Greatly affected by the war he witnessed, he vowed to show life in its best light in his future films “because laughter is the best defence against upsets in life”. After his discharge from the military, he set off on a journey taking in the length of Africa in Berliet trucks before returning to Paris. He began working as an intern with Henri Decoin, before finding assistant positions with Claude Chabrol: Bitter Reunion (Le Beau Serge), The Cousins (Les Cousins), Web of Passion (À Double Tour), François Truffaut: The 400 Blows (Les 400 Coups) and Pierre Schoendoerffer: Ramuntcho. In 1959, Claude Chabrol produced de Broca's first film for him, The Love Game (Les jeux de l’amour) with Jean-Pierre Cassel. De Broca went on to work with Cassel again in The Joker (Le Farceur, 1960), Five Day Lover (L’Amant de cinq jours, 1961), and Male Companion (Un Monsieur de Compagnie, 1964). De Broca's first commercial success came with Swords of Blood (Cartouche), filmed in 1962. This film also saw two more names become associated with de Broca: the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and the producer Alexandre Mnouchkine. International acclaim came with That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio) in 1964, Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) in 1965, The Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique) in 1973 and Incorrigible (L'Incorrigible) in 1975. In 1966, he co-wrote, directed and produced King of Hearts (Le Roi de Cœur). This parody of the Great War, which some cinema-lovers consider his masterpiece, was a commercial and personal failure, to de Broca's dismay. Yet it eventually achieved genuine cult-film status during the mid 1970s when it was presented in repertory movie theaters as well as non-theatrical college and university film series across the United States, eventually running for five years at the now defunct film house, the Central Square Cinemas in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Source: Article "Philippe de Broca" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Director

2004
Viper in the Fist

as Director

2003
Un amour en kit

as Director

2003
2002
Madame Sans-Gêne

as Director

2000
Amazon

as Director

1997
On Guard

as Director

1996
1994
Tales from the Zoo

as Director

1991
1990
1001 Nights

as Director

1988
Chouans!

as Director

1986
The Gypsy

as Director

1984
Louisiana

as Director

1983
The African

as Director

1981
Psy

as Director

1980
Jupiter's Thigh

as Director

1979
The Skirt Chaser

as Director

1978
Dear Inspector

as Director

1977
Julie pot-de-colle

as Director

1975
Incorrigible

as Director

1973
1972
Dear Louise

as Director

1971
Touch and Go

as Director

1970
Give Her the Moon

as Director

1969
1967
1966
King of Hearts

as Director

1965
Up to His Ears

as Director

1964
That Man from Rio

as Director

1964
Male Companion

as Director

1963
People in Luck

as Director

1962
Cartouche

as Director

1962
1962
La Gourmandise

as Director

1961
The Joker

as Director

1961
Five Day Lover

as Director

1960
The Love Game

as Director

1959
The 400 Blows

as Assistant Director

Actor

2020
Le Terminus des prétentieux

as Self (archive footage)

2011
2006
1982
1981
1974
1973
The Magnificent One

as Second Plumber (uncredited)

1971
Le Cinema de Papa

as Jean Timent

1971
Samedi soir

as Self

1969
The Devil by the Tail

as Un passant suédois

1966
King of Hearts

as Adolf Hitler

1964
Les pieds nickelés

as le chauffeur de taxi

1964
The Little Misses

as Le timide

1963
People in Luck

as Le passant qui reçoit l'affiche (« Une nuit avec la vedette »)

1962
Cartouche

as L'homme qui crie 'les aristocrates à la lanterne'

1960
The Love Game

as L'homme au cabaret Le Bateau Mouche

1960
Breathless

as A Journalist (uncredited)

1959
The 400 Blows

as Man in Funfair (uncredited)

1958
Le beau Serge

as Jacques Rivette de la Chasuble

1956

Writer

2004
2000
Amazon

as Writer

1997
On Guard

as Screenplay

1991
1990
1001 Nights

as Writer

1988
Chouans!

as Scenario Writer

1986
The Gypsy

as Writer

1983
The African

as Scenario Writer

1983
The African

as Writer

1979
1978
Dear Inspector

as Adaptation

1975
Incorrigible

as Writer

1973
1971
Touch and Go

as Writer

1970
1964
1964
Male Companion

as Writer

1963
People in Luck

as Writer

1962
Cartouche

as Writer

1961
Five Day Lover

as Screenplay

1961
The Joker

as Scenario Writer

1960
The Love Game

as Screenplay

Producer

1968
1966
King of Hearts

as Producer