Alain Maline

Born on 2 August 1947, Maline completed an apprenticeship as an assistant director under François Truffaut and Claude Lelouch. After working on a number of films as an assistant, he directed his first film, Ni avec toi ni sans toi [fr], in 1984. He met Jean Yanne during the filming of Attention bandits!.^[2] The two collaborated for the film Cayenne Palace [fr], but it was a financial disaster. He then set up his own production studio, notably releasing the film Jean Galmot, aventurier [fr] in 1990.^[3]

Maline died on 7 February 2025, at the age of 77.^[4]