Josée Dayan

Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.

Josée Dayan
Born	Josée Dagnant (1943-10-06) 6 October 1943 (age 81) Toulouse, France
Occupation(s)	Film director Producer Screenwriter
Years active	1964–present
Notable credit	Capitaine Marleau

Life

Dayan grew up in Algiers,^[1] Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director;^[2] her grandmother was the owner of a cinema.^[3] Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared.^[4] Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series The Count of Monte Cristo with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series Les Misérables with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is Balzac: A Passionate Life (1999) and Cet amour-là (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau,^[5] and Raspoutine (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Nastassja Kinski in the leading roles.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche	Assistant director	Film Directed by Claude Chabrol
1967	La parisienne	Assistant director	TV film Directed by Jean Kerchbron
1974	De vagues herbes jaunes	Director / Writer	TV film
1975	Au fil des rues... à Gennevilliers	Director	TV film
	Monsieur Barnett	Director	TV film
1977	Le naufrage de Monte-Cristo	Director	TV film
1978	Cinéma 16 [fr]	Director	TV series (2 episodes) La femme rompue (1978) Une fugue à Venise (1981)
1979	Simone de Beauvoir	Director / Writer	Documentary Directed with Malka Ribowska
1980	L'embrumé	Director / Writer	TV film
	Les noces de Figaro	Director	TV film Based on the opera The Marriage of Figaro
1982	Le retour d'Elisabeth Wolff	Director / Writer	TV film
1983	Les Amours romantiques [fr]	Director	TV series (1 episode: Les prétendus)
1984	Les amours des années 50	Director	TV series (1 episode: Les autres jours)
1985	Le Deuxième Couteau [fr]	Director	TV film
1987	Je tue à la campagne	Director	TV film
	Les passions de Céline	Director	TV series (13 episodes)
1988	Le chevalier de Pardaillan	Director	TV series (15 episodes)
	Sueurs froides [fr]	Director	TV series (2 episodes) La belle ouvrage (1988) Coup de pouce (1988)
	Tourbillons	Director	TV miniseries (10 episodes)
1989	Le retour de Lemmy Caution	Director	TV film With Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution
	Super Polar [fr]	Director	TV series (2 episodes) À corps et à cris [fr] (1989) La danse du scorpion (1990)
1990	L'ex-femme de ma vie	Director	TV film Written by Josiane Balasko
	Le pitre	Director	TV film
	Plein fer [fr]	Director	Film
1991	Navarro	Director	TV series (2 episodes) Salade russe (1991) Billets de sang (1991)
	Coup de foudre	Director	TV series (1 episode: Retour)
	Le gang des tractions	Director	TV miniseries (3 episodes) L'homme aux chiens (1991) Dernier round (1991) Saint-Germain (1992)
1992	Police Secrets	Director	TV series (4 episodes) Un flic pourri (1992) Le vin qui tue (1993) Mort d'un gardien de la paix (1994) Les nuiteux (1994)
	Jo et Milou	Director	TV film
	Hot Chocolate	Director	TV film With American stars (Robert Hays and Bo Derek)
	Le JAP, juge d'application des peines	Director	TV series (2 episodes) Les dangers de la liberté (1992) Tirez sur le lampiste (1993)
1993	Julie Lescaut	Director	TV series (7 episodes) Trafics (1993) Ville haute, ville basse (1994) Tableau noir (1994) Ruptures (1994) Crédit revolver (1996) La fête des mères (1996) Le secret des origines (1996)
1994	Le cascadeur	Director	TV series (1 episode: Le saut de la mort)
	La guerre des privés	Director	TV series (2 episodes) Deux morts sans ordonnance (1994) Tchao poulet (1994)
1995	Victor et François	Director	TV film Directed with Ruben Goots
	L'enfant en héritage	Director	TV film
	La Rivière Espérance	Director / Actress	TV miniseries (9 episodes)
1996	Les Liens du coeur [fr]	Director	TV film Based on Silas Marner
	La passion du docteur Bergh	Director	TV film
	L'Enfant du secret [fr]	Director	TV film
1997	Les héritiers	Director	TV film
	Victor	Director	TV film
1998	The Count of Monte Cristo	Director	TV miniseries (4 episodes) 7 d'Or - Audience Vote: Best Movie Made for TV
	Marc Eliot [fr]	Director	TV series (4 episodes) Les deux flics (1998) Le passé d'une femme (1998) C'est pas une façon d'aimer (1999) Les deux frères (1999)
1999	Balzac [fr]	Director	TV film With Gérard Depardieu as Balzac
	Les Boeuf-carottes [fr]	Director	TV series (2 episodes) Soupçons (1999) Parmi l'élite (2005)
2000	Les Misérables	Director	TV miniseries
2001	Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance	Director	TV film
	Cet amour-là [fr]	Director / Writer	Film With Jeanne Moreau as Marguerite Duras
	L'Étrange Monsieur Joseph [fr]	Director	TV film
	Attila	Director	TV film Based on the opera Attila
	Un altro mondo è possibile	Support	Documentary
2002	Inside the Actors Studio	Guest Audience	TV series (1 episode)
2003	Les Liaisons dangereuses	Director	TV miniseries
	Les Parents terribles [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film Based on the play Les Parents terribles Nominated - Atv Awards - Best TV film
	Le génie français	Director	TV series
2004	Milady [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film A film about Milady de Winter
2005	Akoibon [fr]	Actress	Film Directed by Édouard Baer
	Les Rois maudits	Director	TV miniseries (5 episodes) Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award - Best Television Film or Television Series
2006	La contessa di Castiglione [it]	Director / Writer	TV film A film about Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
2008	Diane, femme flic [fr]	Director	TV series (1 episode: Deuxième vérité)
	Jeanne M. - Côté cour, côté coeur	Director / Producer	Documentary Directed with Pierre-André Boutang and Annie Chevalley
	Collection Fred Vargas	Director / Producer	TV series (4 episodes) Sous les vents de Neptune [fr] (2008) based on the novel Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand L'Homme aux cercles bleus [fr] (2009) based on the novel The Chalk Circle Man L'Homme à l'envers [fr] (2009) based on the novel Seeking Whom He May Devour Un lieu incertain [fr] (2010) based on the novel An Uncertain Place
	Nous n'irons plus au bois	Director	Documentary
	Château en Suède [fr]	Director	TV film Based on the play by Françoise Sagan
	Marie-Octobre [fr]	Director	TV film
2009	Mourir d'aimer [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film
	Folie douce [fr]	Director / Producer / Editor	TV film
2010	Ni reprise, ni échangée [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film
2011	Bouquet final [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film
	La Mauvaise Rencontre [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film
	Raspoutine	Director	TV film Directed with Irakli Kvirikadze
2012	Nos retrouvailles [fr]	Director	TV film
	La Solitude du pouvoir [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film
2013	Le Clan des Lanzac [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film
	Indiscrétions [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film
2014	Capitaine Marleau	Director	TV series (36 episodes) Entre vents et marées (2014) Philippe Muir (2015) Le Domaine des soeurs Meyer (2016) Les Mystères de la foi (2016) Brouillard en thalasso (2016) En trompe-l'oeil (2016) La Nuit de la Lune rousse (2017) À ciel ouvert (2017) Chambre avec vue (2017) La Mémoire enfouie (2017) Sang et lumière (2017) Le Jeune homme et la mort (2018) Double jeu (2018) Les Roseaux noirs (2018) Ne plus mourir jamais (2018) Une voix dans la nuit (2019) Grand huit (2019) Quelques maux d'amour (2019) Pace e Salute (2019) Veuves mais pas trop (2020) L'Arbre aux esclaves (2020) La Reine des glaces (2020) Au nom du fils (2020) La Cité des âmes en peine (2021) Deux vies (2021) L'Homme qui brûle (2021) Claire obscure (2021) Morte saison (2022) Le Prix à payer (2022) La Der des der (2022) Follie's (2023) Héros malgré lui (2023) Grand hôtel (2023) À contre-courant (2023) L'Ami français (2025) La Septième danse (2025)
2015	La Tueuse caméléon [fr]	Director / Producer	TV film
2019	House of Cardin	Herself	Documentary
2022	The King's Favorite	Director / Producer	TV film
2023	Adieu Vinyle	Director	TV film
2024	Sur la dalle	Director	TV film

External links

• Josée Dayan at IMDb
• http://www.citwf.com/person489014.htm
• http://php88.free.fr/bdff/real.php?id=136&real=Jos%E9e%20Dayan