Activities : Director, Scriptwriter, Adaptation and/or dialogue writer, Actor
Date of decease : 19/11/2006

Un ami parfait(2006), from Francis Girod
Mauvais genres(2001), from Francis Girod
Calino-Maneige(1999), from Jean-Patrick Lebel
Terminale(1998), from Francis Girod
Death In Therapy(1996), from Francis Girod
Délit mineur(1993), from Francis Girod
Lacenaire(1990), from Francis Girod
Zanzibar(1989), from Christine Pascal
L'Enfance de l'art(1988), from Francis Girod
Descente aux enfers(1986), from Francis Girod

Complete filmography

Francis Girod was born October 9, 1944 in Semblançay, in France’s Indre-et-Loire region. He started out in the cinema as an assistant director alongside d’Alex Joffé (“Les Culottes rouges” 1962), Jean-Pierre Mocky (“Les Vierges” 1963), Roger Vadim (“La Ronde” 1964; “La Curée” 1966) and Pierre Grimblat (“Les Amoureux du France”, “Cent briques et des tuiles”). In 1965 he turned his talents to journalism, writing for the “Nouvel Observateur” and “Combat” while also working on the “Les Femmes aussi”, “Dim Dam Dom” and “En toutes lettres” series for the French broadcasting service.
He became a television series director in 1967 (“Périscope” and “En toutes lettres”) and then became involved in film production. “L'Horizon” (Jacques Rouffio, 1967), “Léa L’Hiver” (Marc Monnet, 1971), “La République est morte à Dien-Bien-Phu” (Jérôme Kanapa and Jean Lacouture, 1974) “Bestial Quartet” (Jacques Rouffio, 1975), “Beau Masque” (Bernard Paul, 1972), “Juliette et Juliette” (Rémo Forlani, 1974) were some of his productions. He also acted in “Horizon” by Jacques Rouffio, “Les Idoles” by Marc’O, “Pierre et Paul” by René Allio, “Camille” by Claude Miller, “Le Voleur de crimes” by Nadine Trintignant, “L’Italien des roses” by Charles Matton, “Le Jeu avec le feu” by Alain Robbe-Grillet, “Saxo” by Ariel Zeitoun, “Zanzibar” by Christine Pascal, “L627” by Bertrand Tavernier and “Mensonges” by François Margolin.
In 1974, Françis Girod directed his first feature, "The Infernal Trio," a black comedy brilliantly acted by Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider and André Ferreol. 1977's "René la canne" was also inspired by a criminal investigation. He then adapted Georges Conchon’s famous book about decolonization “The Savage State”. Throughout his career, Girod has delved into the themes of film noir, history and social criticism: "The Savage State" (1978) depicted Africa destabilized by independence; the period drama, "The Women Banker" (1980), was centered around Romy Schneider then at the pinnacle of her career; "Le bon plaisir" (1984, inspired by a novel by Françoise Giroud) dealt ironically with political practices; Daniel Auteuil gave a remarkable performance in "The Elegant Criminal" (1990), a film about the life of the poet assassin, Lacenaire. In 1994, with "Délit mineur," Girod returned to film noir, as he did with "Death in Therapy" (1996) and "Terminale". 2001’s “Bad Genre”, starring Richard Bohringer and Robinson Stévenin, is Girod’s thirteenth film.
Girod’s ease in making documentary, TV series or advertisements is also obvious in his writing which includes “Manuel de la pensée Yéyé” (1966), “L’Enfance de l’Art” (in collaboration with Yves Dangerfield, 1988), “Le Mystère de l’Abbé Moisan” and “La Justice de l’Abbé Moisan” (in collaboration with Michel Grisolia, 1991 and 1993). Francis Girod also edited Claude Roy’s biography of Jean Vilar (1987).