Draft:Odette Collet
French film director
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Odette Collet (born 21 April 1922 [1], Marseille, France) is a French film director.
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Biography
Born in Marseille and passionate about theater, she moved to Paris in 1948. [2] She performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and at the Théâtre de la Michodière alongside François Périer. [2]
She began working for the Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française in 1956, initially overseeing youth programming, and in 1958 she collaborated with Frédéric Rossif on Nos Amies les bêtes.[3]
In 1965, she advanced to become a director. Equally comfortable with live broadcasts, such as Les Jeux de 20 heures, and with “dramatiques” (fictional works), she established herself in both areas. [3]
In 1968, she co-directed a tribute to Tristan Bernard with Edmond Tyborowski.[4] That same year, she adapted Eugène Ionesco’s play Le roi se meurt for television. [5]
In 1973, she adapted Octave Feuillet’s novel Julia de Trécoeur for television.[6]
Odette Collet is regarded as “a pioneer of the small screen” and “the first female television director,” more specifically as “the first woman to direct a prime-time fiction” with Vent de massacre in 1966. [3]
On the occasion of her 100th birthday, she received the medal of the city of Saint-Raphaël. [1]
Television
- 1968: Le roi se meurt (by Eugène Ionesco), TV movie
- 1969: La Femme-femme, with Rosy Varte, TV movie
- 1973: La Feuille de Bétel (from the novel by Jeanne Cressanges), TV series
- 1973: Julia de Trécoeur, TV movie based on the novel by Octave Feuillet
- 1973: La Voix venue d'ailleurs, TV movie
- 1973: Le château aux portiques, with Maria Meriko, TV movie
- 1974: Le Sicaire, with Bernard Dimey, TV movie
- 1978: Cézanne ou l'art de mal vivre, documentary
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