Philippe de Broca
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 15, 1933, Paris, France
- Died
- November 26, 2004
- Movies
- 60
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Belmondo: The Incorrigible | |
| 2020 | Le Terminus des prétentieux | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | The Foreign Eye | Self |
| 2002 | Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes | Self |
| 1996 | Elle s'appelait Françoise | Self |
| 1981 | Droit de Réponse | Self |
| 1973 | The Magnificent One | Second Plumber (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Le Cinema de Papa | Jean Timent |
| 1969 | The Devil by the Tail | Un passant suédois |
| 1966 | King of Hearts | Adolf Hitler |
| 1964 | Les Pieds nickelés | le chauffeur de taxi |
| 1964 | The Little Misses | Le timide |
| 1963 | People in Luck | Le passant qui reçoit l'affiche (segment "Une nuit avec la vedette") |
| 1962 | The Girls of La Rochelle | |
| 1962 | Cartouche | L'homme qui crie 'les aristocrates à la lanterne' |
| 1960 | The Love Game | L'homme au cabaret Le Bateau Mouche |
| 1960 | Breathless | A Journalist (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The 400 Blows | Homme dans une fête foraine (non crédité) |
| 1959 | Le Beau Serge | Jacques Rivette de la Chasuble |
| 1953 | Three Dates | Alex, le peintre |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2004 | Viper in the Fist | Director, Writer |
| 2003 | Un amour en kit | Director |
| 2003 | Y aura pas école demain | Director |
| 2002 | Madame Sans-Gêne | Director |
| 2000 | Amazon | Director, Writer |
| 1997 | On Guard | Director, Screenplay |
| 1996 | Le Veilleur de nuit | Director |
| 1995 | Les hommes et les femmes sont faits pour vivre heureux… mais pas ensemble | Director |
| 1994 | Tales from the Zoo | Director |
| 1991 | Les Clés du Paradis | Director, Writer |
| 1990 | 1001 Nights | Writer, Director |
| 1988 | Chouans ! | Director |
| 1986 | The Gypsy | Writer, Director |
| 1984 | Louisiana | Director |
| 1983 | The African | Director, Writer |
| 1981 | Psy | Director |
| 1980 | Jupiter's Thigh | Director |
| 1979 | The Skirt Chaser | Director, Writer |
| 1978 | Dear Inspector | Director |
| 1977 | Julie pot-de-colle | Director |
| 1975 | Incorrigible | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | The Magnificent One | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | Dear Louise | Director |
| 1971 | Touch and Go | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Give Her the Moon | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | The Devil by the Tail | Director |
| 1967 | The Oldest Profession | Director |
| 1966 | King of Hearts | Director, Producer |
| 1965 | Up to His Ears | Director |
| 1964 | Male Companion | Director, Writer |
| 1964 | That Man from Rio | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | People in Luck | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | Cartouche | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Director |
| 1962 | La Gourmandise | Director |
| 1961 | Five Day Lover | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | The Joker | Director |
| 1960 | The Love Game | Director, Screenplay |
| 1953 | Three Dates | Director, Screenplay |
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