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Gilles Béhat
Director

Gilles Béhat

3 Sep 1949Born
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Lille, Nord, FranceBirthplace

Biography

Gilles Marc Béhat (3 September 1949) is a French filmmaker and actor.

Gilles Béhat (Béat by birth) was born in Lille. The confusion around the "h" in his last name stems from an error in the credits of the first film he participated in as an actor: L'Hercule sur la place.

As a teenager, he played guitar with a rock band.

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He attended the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique, taking acting classes.

He launching his career as an actor by taking roles in television series such as that of Pierre Vignard in L'Hercule sur la place and Charles IV le Bel in Les Rois maudits (1972) as well as in the cinema in films like Gérard Pires's 1970 film Elle court, elle court la banlieue, Jean Yanne's 1972 film Chobizenesse and Bernard Paul's 1975 film Beau Masque.

As a director, he made a series of feature films, including many detective and action films. He gained attention after the released of his 1984 gangster film Rue barbare. Several of his subsequent films, including Dancing Machine starring Alain Delon, were relative commercial failures. He then turned to television, where he directed series for TF1, France 2 and Canal+ in the 1990s.

In 2008, he returned to cinema, directing Diamant 13; a noir starring Gérard Depardieu, Olivier Marchal and Asia Argento.

Source: Article "Gilles Béhat" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2009Diamond 13Film: Director, Screenplay
  2. 2002Alex Santana, négociateurSeries: Creator
  3. 2001Commissariat BastilleSeries: Creator
  4. 1995Le Cavalier des nuagesFilm: Director
  5. 1995Jamaica InnFilm: Director
  6. 1994Les Cordier, juge et flicSeries: Director (8 episodes)
  7. 1991Le Vent de la ToussaintFilm: Le capitaine, Screenplay, Director
  8. 1990Dancing MachineFilm: Director
  9. 1988Haute tensionSeries: Director (1 episode)
  10. 1987Charlie DingoFilm: Writer, Director
  11. 1986Les longs manteauxFilm: Director, Writer
  12. 1985UrgenceFilm: Director
  13. 1984Street of the DamnedFilm: Director
  14. 1981Putain d'histoire d'amourFilm: Director
  15. 1978Hue and CryFilm: Writer, Director
  16. 1976Police Commissioner MoulinSeries: Director (5 episodes)
  17. 1976Aces HighFilm: Captain Beckenauer
  18. 1976Château EspéranceSeries: Jacques (30 episodes)
  19. 1975Doctor JusticeFilm
  20. 1975The Porcelain AnniversaryFilm: Mathieu
  21. 1974La Cloche tibétaineSeries: Victor Point (7 episodes)
  22. 1972The Accursed KingsSeries: Charles IV le Bel, de la Marche, 3ème fils de Philippe IV (6 episodes)
  23. 1972BaphometFilm

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