
Directing
Yves Lavandier
Born
1959-04-02 (67)
Known for
Directing
Credits
15 titles
Yves Lavandier (born 2 April 1959) is a French film writer and director. Yves Lavandier was born on 2 April 1959. After receiving a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985. Miloš Forman, František Daniel, Stefan Sharff, Brad Dourif, Larry Engel and Melina Jelinek were among his teachers. During these two years, he wrote and directed several shorts including Mr. Brown?, The Perverts and Yes Darling. He returned to France in 1985, directed another short, Le scorpion, and embarked on a scriptwriting career mainly for television. He is the creator of an English teaching sitcom called Cousin William. In addition to his career as scrip…
Known for
7.0In 1942, in an occupied Paris, the apolitical grocer Edmond Batignole lives with his wife and daughter in a small apartment in the building of his grocery. When his future son-in-law and collaborator of the German Pierre-Jean Lamour calls the Nazis to arrest the Jewish Bernstein family, they move to the confiscated apartment. Some days later, the young Simon Bernstein escapes from the Germans and comes to his former home. When Batignole finds him, he feels sorry for the boy and lodges him, hiding Simon from Pierre-Jean and also from his wife. Later, two cousins of Simon meet him in the cellar of the grocery. When Pierre-Jean finds the children, Batignole decides to travel with the children to Switzerland.
Monsieur Batignole
2002
Jean-Pierre, a French jerk living in New York, is in desperate need of money. His friend Barry, a wealthy American, is coming to dinner. But is Jean Pierre any match for Barry since he proposes a bet? Because if Jean-Pierre wins, he gets the money. If he loses, Barry sleeps and has sex with Jean-Pierre's wife.
The Perverts
1985
An archeologist sets up a trap with a scorpion, then calls up a fellow worker and pretends he is in great danger. Before dying, he has to know the truth about a certain affair.
Le scorpion
1987
6.3At age 17, Eglantine is troubled by a number of things. Her argumentative parents comprise an absentee and philandering father and an overprotective, occasionally alcoholic mother. Her boyfriend Sébastien is a couple of years older; he's ready, but she isn't. Frequent furtive visits to her therapist help her to see that these issues are not 'problems', but 'difficulties', which she has the strength to overcome.
Yes, But...
2001
Maxwell is a yesman to his wife until, one day, one last straw breaks the camel's back. Maxwell decides to get rid of Darling. But he is not much of an action man.
Yes Darling
1984
A student is mistaken for a Mr. Brown and runs away. But the chasers are everywhere.
Mr. Brown?
1984
Film credits
1980s · 4 titles
Jean-Pierre, a French jerk living in New York, is in desperate need of money. His friend Barry, a wealthy American, is coming to dinner. But is Jean Pierre any match for Barry since he proposes a bet? Because if Jean-Pierre wins, he gets the money. If he loses, Barry sleeps and has sex with Jean-Pierre's wife.
The Perverts
1985
An archeologist sets up a trap with a scorpion, then calls up a fellow worker and pretends he is in great danger. Before dying, he has to know the truth about a certain affair.
Le scorpion
1987
Maxwell is a yesman to his wife until, one day, one last straw breaks the camel's back. Maxwell decides to get rid of Darling. But he is not much of an action man.
Yes Darling
1984
A student is mistaken for a Mr. Brown and runs away. But the chasers are everywhere.
Mr. Brown?
1984
Behind the camera
Jean-Pierre, a French jerk living in New York, is in desperate need of money. His friend Barry, a wealthy American, is coming to dinner. But is Jean Pierre any match for Barry since he proposes a bet? Because if Jean-Pierre wins, he gets the money. If he loses, Barry sleeps and has sex with Jean-Pierre's wife.
The Perverts
1985
Jean-Pierre, a French jerk living in New York, is in desperate need of money. His friend Barry, a wealthy American, is coming to dinner. But is Jean Pierre any match for Barry since he proposes a bet? Because if Jean-Pierre wins, he gets the money. If he loses, Barry sleeps and has sex with Jean-Pierre's wife.
The Perverts
1985
An archeologist sets up a trap with a scorpion, then calls up a fellow worker and pretends he is in great danger. Before dying, he has to know the truth about a certain affair.
Le scorpion
1987
An archeologist sets up a trap with a scorpion, then calls up a fellow worker and pretends he is in great danger. Before dying, he has to know the truth about a certain affair.
Le scorpion
1987
6.3At age 17, Eglantine is troubled by a number of things. Her argumentative parents comprise an absentee and philandering father and an overprotective, occasionally alcoholic mother. Her boyfriend Sébastien is a couple of years older; he's ready, but she isn't. Frequent furtive visits to her therapist help her to see that these issues are not 'problems', but 'difficulties', which she has the strength to overcome.
Yes, But...
2001
6.3At age 17, Eglantine is troubled by a number of things. Her argumentative parents comprise an absentee and philandering father and an overprotective, occasionally alcoholic mother. Her boyfriend Sébastien is a couple of years older; he's ready, but she isn't. Frequent furtive visits to her therapist help her to see that these issues are not 'problems', but 'difficulties', which she has the strength to overcome.
Yes, But...
2001
Maxwell is a yesman to his wife until, one day, one last straw breaks the camel's back. Maxwell decides to get rid of Darling. But he is not much of an action man.
Yes Darling
1984
Maxwell is a yesman to his wife until, one day, one last straw breaks the camel's back. Maxwell decides to get rid of Darling. But he is not much of an action man.
Yes Darling
1984
A student is mistaken for a Mr. Brown and runs away. But the chasers are everywhere.
Mr. Brown?
1984
A student is mistaken for a Mr. Brown and runs away. But the chasers are everywhere.
Mr. Brown?
1984
