# Steve Suissa

Steve Suissa (born 7 December 1970) is a French stage and film director and actor. His 2000 film Taking Wing was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival where he won the award for Best Director.

## Theater
### As actor

| Year | Title | Writer | Director |
| 1991 | Summer and Smoke | Tennessee Williams | Gilles Gleizes |
| 1991 | Les Nuits de Terayama | Shūji Terayama | Nicolas Bataille |
| 1992-93 | Sabato, domenica e lunedi | Eduardo De Filippo | Françoise Petit |
| 1993 | The Seagull | Anton Chekhov | Isabelle Nanty |
| 1995 | Orpheus Descending | Tennessee Williams | Jacques Mornas |
| 1998 | The Widow's Blind Date | Israel Horovitz | Pierre-Olivier Mornas |
| 1998 | 27 Wagons Full of Cotton | Tennessee Williams | Henri Lazarini |
| 2015-16 | Une folie | Sacha Guitry | Francis Huster |

### As director

| Year | Title | Writer |
| 2005 | Barefoot in the Park | Neil Simon |
| 2007 | Money | Alain Schwarzstein |
| 2007 | Une liaison pornographique | Philippe Blasband |
| 2007-08 | La Femme rompue | Simone de Beauvoir |
| 2008 | Ma femme s'appelle Maurice | Raffy Shart |
| 2012-13 | A Bronx Tale | Chazz Palminteri |
| 2012-13 | The Diary of a Young Girl | Anne Frank |
| 2013 | The Magic Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2013-14 | The Guitrys | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |
| 2013-15 | Mass Appeal | Bill C. Davis |
| 2013-18 | Miss Carpenter | Marianne James & Sébastien Marnier |
| 2014 | Si on recommençait | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |
| 2014 | La Trahison d’Einstein | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |
| 2014-16 | The Royal Game | Stefan Zweig |
| 2014-16 | Georges et Georges | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |
| 2015 | Hibernatus | Jean Bernard-Luc |
| 2015 | Oscar et la Dame rose | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |
| 2015-16 | L’Élixir d’amour | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |
| 2015-17 | Avanti ! | Samuel A. Taylor |
| 2015-17 | 24h de la vie d’une femme | Stefan Zweig |
| 2016 | Le Mystère Bizet | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |
| 2016-17 | Amok | Stefan Zweig |
| 2016-18 | À droite à gauche | Laurent Ruquier |
| 2016-18 | Michel Drucker - Seul... avec vous | Michel Drucker |
| 2017-19 | Samia | Gilbert Ponté |
| 2017-19 | Horowitz | Francis Huster |
| 2017-19 | Le Théâtre, ma vie | Francis Huster |
| 2018 | Passionnément Toscanini | Francis Huster |
| 2018-19 | Pourvu qu’il soit heureux | Laurent Ruquier |
| 2018-20 | Ich bin Charlotte | Doug Wright |
| 2019 | Le Plus Beau dans tout ça | Laurent Ruquier |
| 2019-20 | A Bronx Tale | Chazz Palminteri |
| 2019-20 | The Sunflower | Simon Wiesenthal |
| 2020 | Transmission | Bill C. Davis |
| 2022 | Ich bin Charlotte | Doug Wright |
| 2022 | Moi aussi j’ai vécu | Hélios Azoulay |
| 2022-23 | The Sunflower | Simon Wiesenthal |
| 2022-24 | Sélectionné | Marc Élya |

## Filmography
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1990 | Nouvelle Vague | The waiter | Jean-Luc Godard | |
| 1991 | La tribu | An intern | Yves Boisset | |
| 1994 | Neuf mois | Ambulance man | Patrick Braoudé | |
| 1994 | Les Cordier, juge et flic | Jacky | Alain Bonnot | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Van Loc: un grand flic de Marseille | Dany | Claude Barrois | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | L'affaire Dreyfus | The camp's helper | Yves Boisset | TV movie |
| 1996 | Nous sommes tous des anges | An Italian | Simon Lelouch | Short |
| 1996 | Commandant Nerval | The Lock | Henri Helman | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Amour et confusions | Guard | Patrick Braoudé | |
| 1997 | Clueur | Clueur | Nicolas Bazz | Short |
| 1997 | Le juste | Nicola Carbini | Franck Apprederis | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Maître Da Costa | Alex Patche | Nicolas Ribowski | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997-98 | Navarro | Xavier / Delcourt | Nicolas Ribowski | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1998 | Ronin | Waiter in Nice | John Frankenheimer | |
| 1999 | Le roi en son moulin | Aupestre | Jacob Berger | TV movie |
| 1999 | P.J. | Pascal | Frédéric Krivine | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Taking Wing | Joseph | Steve Suissa | |
| 2002 | Vertiges | Julien | Steve Suissa | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Une employée modèle | The rocker | Jacques Otmezguine | |
| 2003 | Comme si de rien n'était | Benoit | Pierre-Olivier Mornas | |
| 2003 | Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine) | Sitcom actor | Isabelle Nanty | |
| 2003 | De soie et de cendre | Roberto | Jacques Otmezguine | TV movie |
| 2003 | Blague à part | Dr. Roméo | Olivier Barma | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Le grand rôle | Doron | Steve Suissa | |
| 2005 | Edy | Bar client | Stéphan Guérin-Tillié | |
| 2005 | Cavalcade | Antoine | Steve Suissa | |
| 2005 | Trois couples en quête d'orages | Cances | Jacques Otmezguine | |
| 2005 | Zooloo | Nemo | Nicolas Bazz | Short |
| 2008 | A Man and His Dog | The patient's son | Francis Huster | |
| 2009 | Mensch | Joseph Hazak | Steve Suissa | |
| 2010 | Enquêtes réservées | Launay | Bruno Garcia | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2013 | Victor Young Perez | Benjamin Perez | Jacques Ouaniche | |
| 2014 | Léo Matteï, brigade des mineurs | Christophe Fabre | David Morley | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2023 | Croisement Gaza Bd St Germain | Patrick Mendes | Jacques Ouaniche | TV mini-series |

### As filmmaker

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2000 | Taking Wing | Moscow International Film Festival - Best Director Moscow International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention Nominated - Moscow International Film Festival - Golden St. George |
| 2001 | Elle pleure pas | Short |
| 2002 | Vertiges | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Carnets d'ado | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2004 | Le grand rôle | Nominated - Festival du Film de Paris - Grand Prix |
| 2005 | Cavalcade | |
| 2009 | Mensch | |