# Josée Dayan

Josée Dayan (born 6 October 1943 in Toulouse, France) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.

## Life

Dayan grew up in Algiers, Algeria, where her father Albert Dagnant, who came from a Jewish family, worked as a television director; her grandmother was the owner of a cinema. Since 1974 she directed mainly movies for television. In 1979, under her direction, a documentary about Simone de Beauvoir appeared. Her most successful works are the 1998 TV mini-series The Count of Monte Cristo with Gérard Depardieu in the lead role, and the 2002 mini-series Les Misérables with Depardieu and John Malkovich. Then there is Balzac: A Passionate Life (1999) and Cet amour-là (2001), both with Jeanne Moreau, and Raspoutine (2011) with Depardieu. A major success was Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Nastassja Kinski in the leading roles.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1964 | Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche | Assistant director | Film Directed by Claude Chabrol |
| 1967 | La parisienne | Assistant director | TV film Directed by Jean Kerchbron |
| 1974 | De vagues herbes jaunes | Director / Writer | TV film |
| 1975 | Au fil des rues... à Gennevilliers | Director | TV film |
| 1975 | Monsieur Barnett | Director | TV film |
| 1977 | Le naufrage de Monte-Cristo | Director | TV film |
| 1978 | Cinéma 16 [fr] | Director | TV series (2 episodes) La femme rompue (1978) Une fugue à Venise (1981) |
| 1979 | Simone de Beauvoir | Director / Writer | Documentary Directed with Malka Ribowska |
| 1980 | L'embrumé | Director / Writer | TV film |
| 1980 | Les noces de Figaro | Director | TV film Based on the opera The Marriage of Figaro |
| 1982 | Le retour d'Elisabeth Wolff | Director / Writer | TV film |
| 1983 | Les Amours romantiques [fr] | Director | TV series (1 episode: Les prétendus) |
| 1984 | Les amours des années 50 | Director | TV series (1 episode: Les autres jours) |
| 1985 | Le Deuxième Couteau [fr] | Director | TV film |
| 1987 | Je tue à la campagne | Director | TV film |
| 1987 | Les passions de Céline | Director | TV series (13 episodes) |
| 1988 | Le chevalier de Pardaillan | Director | TV series (15 episodes) |
| 1988 | Sueurs froides [fr] | Director | TV series (2 episodes) La belle ouvrage (1988) Coup de pouce (1988) |
| 1988 | Tourbillons | Director | TV miniseries (10 episodes) |
| 1989 | Le retour de Lemmy Caution | Director | TV film With Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution |
| 1989 | Super Polar [fr] | Director | TV series (2 episodes) À corps et à cris [fr] (1989) La danse du scorpion (1990) |
| 1990 | L'ex-femme de ma vie | Director | TV film Written by Josiane Balasko |
| 1990 | Le pitre | Director | TV film |
| 1990 | Plein fer [fr] | Director | Film |
| 1991 | Navarro | Director | TV series (2 episodes) Salade russe (1991) Billets de sang (1991) |
| 1991 | Coup de foudre | Director | TV series (1 episode: Retour) |
| 1991 | Le gang des tractions | Director | TV miniseries (3 episodes) L'homme aux chiens (1991) Dernier round (1991) Saint-Germain (1992) |
| 1992 | Police Secrets | Director | TV series (4 episodes) Un flic pourri (1992) Le vin qui tue (1993) Mort d'un gardien de la paix (1994) Les nuiteux (1994) |
| 1992 | Jo et Milou | Director | TV film |
| 1992 | Hot Chocolate | Director | TV film With American stars (Robert Hays and Bo Derek) |
| 1992 | Le JAP, juge d'application des peines | Director | TV series (2 episodes) Les dangers de la liberté (1992) Tirez sur le lampiste (1993) |
| 1993 | Julie Lescaut | Director | TV series (7 episodes) Trafics (1993) Ville haute, ville basse (1994) Tableau noir (1994) Ruptures (1994) Crédit revolver (1996) La fête des mères (1996) Le secret des origines (1996) |
| 1994 | Le cascadeur | Director | TV series (1 episode: Le saut de la mort) |
| 1994 | La guerre des privés | Director | TV series (2 episodes) Deux morts sans ordonnance (1994) Tchao poulet (1994) |
| 1995 | Victor et François | Director | TV film Directed with Ruben Goots |
| 1995 | L'enfant en héritage | Director | TV film |
| 1995 | La Rivière Espérance | Director / Actress | TV miniseries (9 episodes) |
| 1996 | Les Liens du coeur [fr] | Director | TV film Based on Silas Marner |
| 1996 | La passion du docteur Bergh | Director | TV film |
| 1996 | L'Enfant du secret [fr] | Director | TV film |
| 1997 | Les héritiers | Director | TV film |
| 1997 | Victor | Director | TV film |
| 1998 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Director | TV miniseries (4 episodes) 7 d'Or - Audience Vote: Best Movie Made for TV |
| 1998 | Marc Eliot [fr] | Director | TV series (4 episodes) Les deux flics (1998) Le passé d'une femme (1998) C'est pas une façon d'aimer (1999) Les deux frères (1999) |
| 1999 | Balzac [fr] | Director | TV film With Gérard Depardieu as Balzac |
| 1999 | Les Boeuf-carottes [fr] | Director | TV series (2 episodes) Soupçons (1999) Parmi l'élite (2005) |
| 2000 | Les Misérables | Director | TV miniseries |
| 2001 | Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance | Director | TV film |
| 2001 | Cet amour-là [fr] | Director / Writer | Film With Jeanne Moreau as Marguerite Duras |
| 2001 | L'Étrange Monsieur Joseph [fr] | Director | TV film |
| 2001 | Attila | Director | TV film Based on the opera Attila |
| 2001 | Un altro mondo è possibile | Support | Documentary |
| 2002 | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest Audience | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Les Liaisons dangereuses | Director | TV miniseries |
| 2003 | Les Parents terribles [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film Based on the play Les Parents terribles Nominated - Atv Awards - Best TV film |
| 2003 | Le génie français | Director | TV series |
| 2004 | Milady [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film A film about Milady de Winter |
| 2005 | Akoibon [fr] | Actress | Film Directed by Édouard Baer |
| 2005 | Les Rois maudits | Director | TV miniseries (5 episodes) Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award - Best Television Film or Television Series |
| 2006 | La contessa di Castiglione [it] | Director / Writer | TV film A film about Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione |
| 2008 | Diane, femme flic [fr] | Director | TV series (1 episode: Deuxième vérité) |
| 2008 | Jeanne M. - Côté cour, côté coeur | Director / Producer | Documentary Directed with Pierre-André Boutang and Annie Chevalley |
| 2008 | Collection Fred Vargas | Director / Producer | TV series (4 episodes) Sous les vents de Neptune [fr] (2008) based on the novel Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand L'Homme aux cercles bleus [fr] (2009) based on the novel The Chalk Circle Man L'Homme à l'envers [fr] (2009) based on the novel Seeking Whom He May Devour Un lieu incertain [fr] (2010) based on the novel An Uncertain Place |
| 2008 | Nous n'irons plus au bois | Director | Documentary |
| 2008 | Château en Suède [fr] | Director | TV film Based on the play by Françoise Sagan |
| 2008 | Marie-Octobre [fr] | Director | TV film |
| 2009 | Mourir d'aimer [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2009 | Folie douce [fr] | Director / Producer / Editor | TV film |
| 2010 | Ni reprise, ni échangée [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2011 | Bouquet final [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2011 | La Mauvaise Rencontre [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2011 | Raspoutine | Director | TV film Directed with Irakli Kvirikadze |
| 2012 | Nos retrouvailles [fr] | Director | TV film |
| 2012 | La Solitude du pouvoir [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2013 | Le Clan des Lanzac [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2013 | Indiscrétions [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2014 | Entre vents et marées [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2015 | Capitaine Marleau | Director | TV series (13 episodes) Philippe Muir (2015) Le Domaine des Soeurs Meyer (2016) Les Mystères de la foi (2016) Brouillard en thalasso (2016) En trompe-l'oeil (2016) La Nuit de la Lune rousse (2017) À ciel ouvert (2017) Chambre avec vue (2017) La mémoire enfouie (2017) Sang et lumière (2017) Le Jeune homme et la mort (2018) Double jeu (2018) Les Roseaux noirs (2018) |
| 2017 | La Tueuse caméléon [fr] | Director / Producer | TV film |
| 2019 | House of Cardin | Herself | Documentary |