Philippe de Broca

Directing·Mar 15, 1933·Paris, France

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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. Philippe de Broca was born on 15 March 1933 in Paris. He was the son of a cinema set designer and the grandson of a well-known painter, Alexis de Broca. He studied at the Paris Photography and Cinematography School (école Vaugirard), graduating in 1953. He carried out his military service with the French Army's 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 in Algeria, 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 [2] in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Source: Article "Philippe de Broca" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Film	Credit
Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022 · Actor	Actor
Le Terminus des prétentieux2020 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde2011 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
The Foreign Eye2006 · Self	Self
Viper in the Fist2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
UUn amour en kit2003 · Director	Director
Y aura pas école demain2003 · Director	Director
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes2002 · Self	Self
Madame Sans-Gêne2002 · Director	Director
Amazon2000 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
On Guard1997 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Le Veilleur de nuit1996 · Director	Director
Elle s'appelait Françoise1996 · Self	Self
Les hommes et les femmes sont faits pour vivre heureux… mais pas ensemble1995 · Director	Director
Tales from the Zoo1994 · Director	Director
Les Clés du Paradis1991 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
1001 Nights1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Chouans !1988 · Director	Director
The Gypsy1986 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Louisiana1984 · Director	Director
The African1983 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Droit de Réponse1981 · Self	Self
Psy1981 · Director	Director
Jupiter's Thigh1980 · Director	Director
The Skirt Chaser1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Dear Inspector1978 · Director	Director
Julie pot-de-colle1977 · Director	Director
Incorrigible1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Magnificent One1973 · Second Plumber (uncredited), Director, Writer	Second Plumber (uncredited), Director, Writer
Dear Louise1972 · Director	Director
Touch and Go1971 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Le Cinema de Papa1971 · Jean Timent	Jean Timent
Give Her the Moon1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Devil by the Tail1969 · Un passant suédois, Director	Un passant suédois, Director
The Oldest Profession1967 · Director	Director
King of Hearts1966 · Adolf Hitler, Director, Producer	Adolf Hitler, Director, Producer
Up to His Ears1965 · Director	Director
Male Companion1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Les Pieds nickelés1964 · le chauffeur de taxi	le chauffeur de taxi
The Little Misses1964 · Le timide	Le timide
That Man from Rio1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
People in Luck1963 · Le passant qui reçoit l'affiche (segment "Une nuit avec la vedette"), Director, Writer	Le passant qui reçoit l'affiche (segment "Une nuit avec la vedette"), Director, Writer
The Girls of La Rochelle1962 · Actor	Actor
Cartouche1962 · L'homme qui crie 'les aristocrates à la lanterne', Director, Writer	L'homme qui crie 'les aristocrates à la lanterne', Director, Writer
The Seven Deadly Sins1962 · Director	Director
La Gourmandise1962 · Director	Director
Five Day Lover1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Joker1961 · Director	Director