Jean Rollin
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Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil (3 November 1938 15 December 2010) was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his films in the fantastique
genre such as the vampire film Le Viol du Vampire
(1968) and the first French
gore film Les Raisins de la Mort
(1978).
(now Hauts-de-Seine
), France
to Claude Rollin, an actor and theatre director, who went by the stage name "Claude Martin", and Denise Rollin-Le Gentil, an artistically inclined family. His half-brother was actor Olivier Rollin.
. Jean decided he want to make films when he grew up; his father, being a theatre actor, was a heavy influence on him. During his teens, he developed an obsession for American serials and read comic books. These serials were an obvious infuence on him as a teenager. When he was 16, he found a job at Les Films de Saturne, he was there to help write invoices, and earned himself some money, and of course wanted to be involved in cinema. They specialized in creating opening and closing credits and short cartoons, but real films were also shot, and industrial shorts and documentaries were also made. Jean was part of the crew in a short documentary about Snecma, a big factory in France which built motors and planes. He arranged the tracking shots, laid the tracks, checked the electricity, and helped the cameraman. When Jean did his military service for the French army
, he worked as an editor in the cinema department alongside Claude Lelouch. They worked on army commercials, Lelouch directed, and Jean did the montage, and also did two films, Mechanographie, a documentary, and La Guerre de Silence (The War of Silence), a real film with actors and a story. In 1958, he directed his first short film Les Amours Jaunes (The Yellow Lovers), which he directed after he left the army. He shot it on a 35mm Maurigraphe camera, and used a beach in Dieppe as his location, the same beach that was used in his later films. In 1960, Jean decided to direct his first feature film, but later abandoned the project as he had no money to finish it. His next short, Ciel de Cuivre (Sky of Copper), was directed in 1961, and was quite surreal, it told a sentimental story. He did not finish the film because he ran out of money and because it was not very good. The footage is now lost. In 1962, he was as an assistant director on the film Un Cheval pour Deux (A Horse for Two), which was not a great experience for him, and he decided to approach cinema in a different way. In the early sixties, Jean became interested in politics, and made a short documentary in 1964 called Vivre en Espagne (Life in Spain), it was about Generalissimo Francisco Franco, thirty minutes were filmed and it wasn't very good, but he risked a lot to get it made. Jean and the crew found themselves pursued by the police and just managed to make it back into France. Jean also directed a short film in 1965 called Les Pays Loins.
(The Nude Vampire) was his first film in colour. It was mostly inspired by the 1916 film Judex, and also surrealism in general. Jean wanted to do something a little more temperate than Le Viol, a traditional mystery film. It is exactly the same kind of film as his first feature, it also has the same spirit. Le Frisson des Vampires
(The Shiver of the Vampires) was heavily influenced by the trappings of the hippie movement. The film was his most successful and commercial film to date, it was made on a shoe-string budget and was a dreamlike fantasy film, a theme his films are known for. In 1971, Jean directed Requiem pour un Vampire
(Requiem for a Vampire), which became one of his most successful films, and it was another low budget production, which almost took no money to make. There was no dialogue in the first forty minutes of the films, this was to simlify the story, direction and cinematography.
Fantastique
The Fantastique is a French term for a literary and cinematic genre that overlaps with science fiction, horror and fantasy.The fantastique is a substantial genre within French literature...
genre such as the vampire film Le Viol du Vampire
Le Viol du Vampire
Le Viol du Vampire is a 1968 film directed by Jean Rollin, which is his directorial debut. The film consists of two parts: The Rape of the Vampire, and The Vampire Woman/Queen of the Vampires...
(1968) and the first French
French Film
French Film is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Jackie Oudney and starring Anne-Marie Duff, Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall and Eric Cantona. The film was shot in Spring 2007 at various locations around London including Waterloo station and the BFI Southbank.-Plot:Two...
gore film Les Raisins de la Mort
Les Raisins de la Mort
Les Raisins de La Mort , is a 1978 French horror film directed by Jean Rollin. It centres on a young woman who becomes trapped in a village where a dangerous pesticide has turned the residents into zombies.-Plot:...
(1978).
Early life
Jean Rollin was born in Neuilly-sur-SeineNeuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Although Neuilly is technically a suburb of Paris, it is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential...
(now Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine
Hauts-de-Seine is designated number 92 of the 101 départements in France. It is part of the Île-de-France region, and covers the western inner suburbs of Paris...
), France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
to Claude Rollin, an actor and theatre director, who went by the stage name "Claude Martin", and Denise Rollin-Le Gentil, an artistically inclined family. His half-brother was actor Olivier Rollin.
Early career and short films
He had a passion for cinema from an early age. He saw his first film during the second World War, it was Capitaine Fracasse, a 1942 film directed by Abel GanceAbel Gance
Abel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse , La Roue , and the monumental Napoléon .-Early life:...
. Jean decided he want to make films when he grew up; his father, being a theatre actor, was a heavy influence on him. During his teens, he developed an obsession for American serials and read comic books. These serials were an obvious infuence on him as a teenager. When he was 16, he found a job at Les Films de Saturne, he was there to help write invoices, and earned himself some money, and of course wanted to be involved in cinema. They specialized in creating opening and closing credits and short cartoons, but real films were also shot, and industrial shorts and documentaries were also made. Jean was part of the crew in a short documentary about Snecma, a big factory in France which built motors and planes. He arranged the tracking shots, laid the tracks, checked the electricity, and helped the cameraman. When Jean did his military service for the French army
French Army
The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
, he worked as an editor in the cinema department alongside Claude Lelouch. They worked on army commercials, Lelouch directed, and Jean did the montage, and also did two films, Mechanographie, a documentary, and La Guerre de Silence (The War of Silence), a real film with actors and a story. In 1958, he directed his first short film Les Amours Jaunes (The Yellow Lovers), which he directed after he left the army. He shot it on a 35mm Maurigraphe camera, and used a beach in Dieppe as his location, the same beach that was used in his later films. In 1960, Jean decided to direct his first feature film, but later abandoned the project as he had no money to finish it. His next short, Ciel de Cuivre (Sky of Copper), was directed in 1961, and was quite surreal, it told a sentimental story. He did not finish the film because he ran out of money and because it was not very good. The footage is now lost. In 1962, he was as an assistant director on the film Un Cheval pour Deux (A Horse for Two), which was not a great experience for him, and he decided to approach cinema in a different way. In the early sixties, Jean became interested in politics, and made a short documentary in 1964 called Vivre en Espagne (Life in Spain), it was about Generalissimo Francisco Franco, thirty minutes were filmed and it wasn't very good, but he risked a lot to get it made. Jean and the crew found themselves pursued by the police and just managed to make it back into France. Jean also directed a short film in 1965 called Les Pays Loins.
1968–1979
In 1968, Jean directed his first feature Le Viol du Vampire (The Rape of the Vampire). At the time he was still not known in the world of cinema, having only done a few short films and documentaries. The film was shot on a low budget, and consisted of two parts because it was originally supposed to be another short film, the second part was later added so that it was released as a feature film. The release of Le Viol caused public scandal and outrage, his strong inspiration of American serials did not attract viewers. It was released during the events of May 1968, and due to the riots, it was a rare theatrical production at the time. Jean himself was also threatened due to this scandal, because of this, Jean briefly decided to give up making films. His second feature La Vampire NueLa Vampire Nue
La Vampire Nue is a 1970 film directed by Jean Rollin and is his second vampire film, it concerns a suicide cult led by a mysterious man known as "The Master".-Plot:In a strange laboratory men in weird masks take the blood of a naked young woman...
(The Nude Vampire) was his first film in colour. It was mostly inspired by the 1916 film Judex, and also surrealism in general. Jean wanted to do something a little more temperate than Le Viol, a traditional mystery film. It is exactly the same kind of film as his first feature, it also has the same spirit. Le Frisson des Vampires
Le Frisson des Vampires
Le Frisson des Vampires is a 1971 film directed by Jean Rollin. It is his third vampire movie.-Plot:Two newlyweds, Isle and Antoine, are on their honeymoon, on their way to visit Isle's two cousins. When they arrive in the town they discover that her cousins died the day before. Isle and Antoine...
(The Shiver of the Vampires) was heavily influenced by the trappings of the hippie movement. The film was his most successful and commercial film to date, it was made on a shoe-string budget and was a dreamlike fantasy film, a theme his films are known for. In 1971, Jean directed Requiem pour un Vampire
Requiem pour un Vampire
Requiem pour un Vampire is a 1971 erotic horror film directed by Jean Rollin, about two young woman who find themselves trapped with no escape in a haunted castle ruled by a hoard of sexually blood crazed vampires.-Plot:...
(Requiem for a Vampire), which became one of his most successful films, and it was another low budget production, which almost took no money to make. There was no dialogue in the first forty minutes of the films, this was to simlify the story, direction and cinematography.
Death
Rollin died in December 2010 after a long illness. He has been buried at cemetery Le Pere Lachaise in Paris, where his second son Carel already was.Filmography
| Director/crew | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Crew | Notes |
| 1958 | Les amours jaunes | Director | short film, other title: The Yellow Lovers |
| 1961 | Ciel de cuivre | Director | short film, other title: Sky of Copper |
| 1962 | Un Cheval pour Deux | Assistant director | Other title: A Horse for Two |
| 1963 | L'itinéraire marin | Director, writer | Project abandoned |
| 1964 | Vivre en Espagne | Director | short documentary |
| 1965 | Le pays loin | Director, writer | |
| 1966 | Tristesse des anthropophages | Producer | short film |
| 1967 | Faire quelque chose | Producer | short film |
| 1968 1968 in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.* November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.-Top grossing films :- Awards :... |
Le Viol du Vampire Le Viol du Vampire Le Viol du Vampire is a 1968 film directed by Jean Rollin, which is his directorial debut. The film consists of two parts: The Rape of the Vampire, and The Vampire Woman/Queen of the Vampires... |
Director, writer, producer | Other title: The Rape of the Vampire |
| 1969 1969 in film The year 1969 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980... |
La Vampire Nue La Vampire Nue La Vampire Nue is a 1970 film directed by Jean Rollin and is his second vampire film, it concerns a suicide cult led by a mysterious man known as "The Master".-Plot:In a strange laboratory men in weird masks take the blood of a naked young woman... |
Director, writer | Other title: The Nude Vampire |
| 1970 1970 in film The year 1970 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* January 9 - Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, therefore ending his career.... |
Le Frisson des Vampires Le Frisson des Vampires Le Frisson des Vampires is a 1971 film directed by Jean Rollin. It is his third vampire movie.-Plot:Two newlyweds, Isle and Antoine, are on their honeymoon, on their way to visit Isle's two cousins. When they arrive in the town they discover that her cousins died the day before. Isle and Antoine... |
Director, writer, producer | Other title: The Shiver of the Vampires |
| 1971 1971 in film The year 1971 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music... |
Requiem pour un Vampire Requiem pour un Vampire Requiem pour un Vampire is a 1971 erotic horror film directed by Jean Rollin, about two young woman who find themselves trapped with no escape in a haunted castle ruled by a hoard of sexually blood crazed vampires.-Plot:... |
Director, writer | Other title: Requiem for a Vampire |
| 1972 1972 in film The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB... |
La Rose de Fer La Rose de Fer La Rose de Fer is a 1972 film directed by Jean Rollin, it is his first film not to feature vampires, a theme for which he is best known. It still features all the dream-like qualities associated with his films.-Plot:... |
Director, writer | Other title: The Iron Rose |
| 1973 1973 in film The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra.... |
Jeunes filles impudiques | Director | credited as Michel Gentil |
| Christina, princesse de l'érotisme A Virgin Among The Living Dead A Virgin Among The Living Dead is a European zombie movie made before the height of the zombie craze. Also titled "Christine, Princess of Eroticism" or in Italian "Christina, princesse de l'érotisme" -Plot:... |
Director (dream sequence) | Other title: A Virgin Among the Living Dead | |
| 1974 1974 in film The year 1974 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released in the USA.*August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J... |
Les Demoniaques Les Démoniaques Les Démoniaques is a 1974 film directed by Jean Rollin, about a group of shipwrecked sailors who brutally rape two young woman and the woman re-emerge after making a pact with the devil to get their revenge.-Plot:... |
Director, writer | Other title: The Demoniacs |
| Tout le monde il en a deux | Director, writer, producer | credited as Michel Gentil | |
| 1975 1975 in film The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.-Events:*March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.... |
Lévres de Sang Lévres de Sang Lèvres de Sang is a 1975 vampire film directed by Jean Rollin. The film tells the story of a man who begins to have visions of a young woman dressed in white who is locked behind the gates of a Château.-Synopsis:... |
Director, writer | Other title: Lips of Blood |
| Phantasmes | Director, writer | Other title: Once Upon a Virgin | |
| 1976 1976 in film The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film... |
Douches pénétrations | Director, writer | credited as Michel Gentil |
| La comtesse Ixe | Director | credited as Michel Gentil | |
| Amours collectives | Writer | ||
| Apothéose porno | supervisor | uncredited | |
| 1977 1977 in film The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network.... |
Saute-moi dessus | Director, writer, cinematographer, editor | credited as Michel Gentil |
| Hard Penetration | Director, writer | credited as Michel Gentil | |
| Vibrations sexuelles | Director | credited as Michel Gentil | |
| 1978 1978 in film The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California.... |
Remplissez-moi...les 3 trous | Director | credited as Robert Xavier |
| Petites pensionnaires impudiques | Director | credited as Michel Gentil | |
| Lèvres entrouvertes | Director | credited as Michel Gentil | |
| Hyperpénétrations | Director | credited as Robert Xavier | |
| Les Raisins de la Mort Les Raisins de la Mort Les Raisins de La Mort , is a 1978 French horror film directed by Jean Rollin. It centres on a young woman who becomes trapped in a village where a dangerous pesticide has turned the residents into zombies.-Plot:... |
Director, Writer | other title: The Grapes of Death | |
| Discosex | Director, writer | credited as Robert Xavier, uncredited as writer | |
| 1979 1979 in film The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.... |
The Cannibals | Writer | uncredited |
| Fascination Fascination (1979 film) Fascination is a 1979 film directed by Jean Rollin, who is famous for his vampire films and films of a dream-like quality.-Plot:in April 1905 the fashionable Parisian women arrive at an abattoir to drink the blood of an ox as a way to cure anemia.... |
Director, writer | ||
| Gamines en chaleur | Director | credited as Robert Xavier | |
| Bouches lascives et pornos | Director | credited as Robert Xavier | |
| Pénétrations vicieuses | Director | credited as Michel Gentil | |
| Jeux d'adultes pour gamines expertes | Producer | ||
| 1980 1980 in film - Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year .... |
La Nuit des Traquées La Nuit des Traquees La Nuit des Traquées is a 1979 film directed by Jean Rollin, about people who have lost their memories in an environmental accident and are confined in a hospital.-Plot:... |
Director, writer | other title: The Night of the Hunted |
| Minouche, fillette insatiable | Producer | other title: Unlimited Girls | |
| 1981 1981 in film -Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it.... |
Les paumées du petit matin Les Paumées du Petit Matin Les Paumées du Petit Matin in a 1981 film directed by Jean Rollin. The film maintains all the fairy tale and erotic qualities like in Rollin's earlier films Requiem pour un Vampire, Fascination and La Nuit des Traquées but is a rare departure from the usual horror theme, as this is more of a... |
Director, writer | other title: The Escapees |
| Le Lac des Morts Vivants | Director | credited as J.A. Laser | |
| 1982 1982 in film -Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T... |
Rêves de sexes | Director | credited as Robert Xavier |
| La Morte Vivante La Morte Vivante La Mort Vivante is a 1982 horror film directed by Jean Rollin, it centres on a young woman who has returned from the dead and needs human blood in order to survive.-Plot:... |
Director, writer | other title: The Living Dead Girl | |
| 1983 1983 in film -Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of... |
Sodomaine | Director, writer | credited as Robert Xavier |
| Folies anales | Director | credited as Robert Xavier | |
| 1984 1984 in film -Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film.... |
Les Trottoirs de Bangkok Les Trottoirs de Bangkok Les Trottoirs des Bangkok is a 1984 film directed by Jean Rollin. The film is inspired by the 1932 Boris Karloff classic The Mask of Fu Manchu and is not what you would usually expect from a Rollin movie - vampires, dream-like atmospheres and crumbling chateau's, instead here he mixes themes of... |
Director | other title: The Sidewalks of Bangkok |
| 1985 1985 in film -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie... |
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons | Director | credited as Michel Gentil |
| 1988 1988 in film -Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:* Act of Piracy* Action Jackson, starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Akira* Alice... |
Emmanuelle 6 Emmanuelle 6 Emmanuelle 6 is a 1988 French softcore erotica movie directed by Bruno Zincone, and starring by Natalie Uher. The screenplay was written by cult erotic horror specialist Jean Rollin, based on the novel Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman by Emmanuelle Arsan. The filming location was Venezuela... |
Director, writer | uncredited |
| 1989 1989 in film -Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million... |
Perdues dans New York Perdues dans New York Perdues dans New York is a 1989 made for television film directed by Jean Rollin, which is one of his most personal films and has a runtime of just 52 minutes.-Plot:... |
Director, writer | television film, other title: Lost in New York |
| Killing Car Killing Car Killing Car is a 1989 film directed by Jean Rollin.-Synopsis:A young Asian woman known as "The Car Woman" to her victims goes on a massive killing spree, leaving a little toy car among the bodies, as her calling card and with two police detectives on her trail.Firstly she wanders into a scrapyard... |
Director | later released in 1993, original title: Femme Dangereuse | |
| 1990 1990 in film The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2.... |
La griffe d'Horus | Director, writer | television film |
| 1991 1991 in film The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November... |
À la poursuite de Barbara | Director | uncredited |
| Et le temps s'en va... | Exclusive producer | short film | |
| 1994 1994 in film 1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time... |
Le parfume de Mathilde | Director, writer | uncredited as director |
| 1997 1997 in film -Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*... |
Les deux orphelines vampires Les deux orphelines vampires Les deux orphelines vampires is a 1997 French horror film directed by Jean Rollin. The film is an adaptation of Rollin's novel of the same name. While Rollin is primarily known for his vampire-themed works, Les deux orphelines vampires is Rollin's first vampire film since his 1979... |
Director, writer | other titles: The Two Orphan Vampires |
| 2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of... |
La fiancée de Dracula | Director, writer | other title: Dracula'a Fiancee |
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
La nuit des horloges | Director, writer | |
| 2009 2009 in film The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five .- Highest-grossing films :Please note... |
Le Masque de la Méduse Le Masque de la Méduse Le masque de la Méduse is a 2009 fantasy horror film directed by Jean Rollin. The film is a modern day story of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon and inspired by the 1964 classic horror of the same name... |
Director, writer | |
| Actor | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1956 1956 in film The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by... |
Crime et Châtiment | Le prêtre chantant | uncredited |
| 1966 | Tristesse des anthropophages | Un client du restaurant scatophage | uncredited |
| 1968 1968 in film The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.* November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.-Top grossing films :- Awards :... |
La femme-bourreau | Un flic | uncredited |
| Le Viol du Vampire Le Viol du Vampire Le Viol du Vampire is a 1968 film directed by Jean Rollin, which is his directorial debut. The film consists of two parts: The Rape of the Vampire, and The Vampire Woman/Queen of the Vampires... |
Villager | uncredited, other title: The Rape of the Vampire | |
| 1973 1973 in film The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra.... |
La Rose de Fer La Rose de Fer La Rose de Fer is a 1972 film directed by Jean Rollin, it is his first film not to feature vampires, a theme for which he is best known. It still features all the dream-like qualities associated with his films.-Plot:... |
Man in Cemetery | uncredited, other title: The Iron Rose |
| Le sourire vertical | other title: The Vertical Smile | ||
| 1975 1975 in film The year 1975 in film involved some significant events, with Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws topping the box office.-Events:*March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.... |
Phantasmes | other title: Once Upon a Virgin | |
| Lévres de Sang Lévres de Sang Lèvres de Sang is a 1975 vampire film directed by Jean Rollin. The film tells the story of a man who begins to have visions of a young woman dressed in white who is locked behind the gates of a Château.-Synopsis:... |
Le gardien du cimetière | uncredited, other title: Lips of Blood | |
| 1976 1976 in film The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas' Star Wars science fiction film... |
Douches pénétrations | Le chef cuisinier | |
| Amours collectives | Mike Gentle the Vampire | scene deleted | |
| 1978 1978 in film The year 1978 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 1 - Bob Dylan's film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the "Rolling Thunder Revue" tour premieres in Los Angeles, California.... |
Remplissez-moi... les 3 trous | ||
| Lèvres gloutonnes | |||
| Hyperpénetrations | |||
| Les Raisins de la Mort Les Raisins de la Mort Les Raisins de La Mort , is a 1978 French horror film directed by Jean Rollin. It centres on a young woman who becomes trapped in a village where a dangerous pesticide has turned the residents into zombies.-Plot:... |
Worker at Vinyard | other title: The Grapes of Death | |
| Discosex | Sound Engineer | ||
| 1979 1979 in film The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released.... |
Entrez vite... vite, je mouille! | credited as Michel Gentil | |
| 1980 1980 in film - Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year .... |
Clinique pour soins très spéciaux | ||
| 1981 1981 in film -Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it.... |
Le Lac des Morts Vivants | Stiltz | other title: Zombie Lake |
| 1982 1982 in film -Events:* March 26 = I Ought to Be in Pictures, starring Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff is released. Manoff would not appear in another movie until 1987's Backfire.* June = PG-rated film E.T... |
La Morte Vivante La Morte Vivante La Mort Vivante is a 1982 horror film directed by Jean Rollin, it centres on a young woman who has returned from the dead and needs human blood in order to survive.-Plot:... |
Salesman | uncredited |
| 1984 1984 in film -Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.* Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film.... |
Les Trottoirs de Bangkok Les Trottoirs de Bangkok Les Trottoirs des Bangkok is a 1984 film directed by Jean Rollin. The film is inspired by the 1932 Boris Karloff classic The Mask of Fu Manchu and is not what you would usually expect from a Rollin movie - vampires, dream-like atmospheres and crumbling chateau's, instead here he mixes themes of... |
Un Tueur | uncredited |
| 1985 1985 in film -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out Of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.* Bliss wins AFI Award for best Movie... |
Sanguine | L'éditeur | |
| 1989 1989 in film -Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million... |
Killing Car Killing Car Killing Car is a 1989 film directed by Jean Rollin.-Synopsis:A young Asian woman known as "The Car Woman" to her victims goes on a massive killing spree, leaving a little toy car among the bodies, as her calling card and with two police detectives on her trail.Firstly she wanders into a scrapyard... |
Bandaged man in car | later released in 1993 credited as Michel Gentil, original title: Femme Dangereuse |
| 1991 1991 in film The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November... |
À la poursuite de Barbara | ||
| 1992 1992 in film The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards... |
Trepanator | Dr. Roll | direct-to-video |
| 1993 1993 in film The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits Jurassic Park, The Fugitive and The Firm. -Events:... |
Dinosaur from the Deep | Professeur Nolan | direct-to-video |
| 1997 | Marquis de Slime | Homme du gouvernement | short film |
| 2007 | Life Like | The director | short film |
| 2009 | Le masque de la Méduse Le Masque de la Méduse Le masque de la Méduse is a 2009 fantasy horror film directed by Jean Rollin. The film is a modern day story of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon and inspired by the 1964 classic horror of the same name... |
L'homme qui enterre la tête | |
Works
- Rollin, Jean. La petite Ogresse. ISBN 978-2-914227-24-7
- Rollin, Jean. Bestialité. ISBN 978-2-35072-015-9
- Déraison, by Jean Rollin. Éd. Films ABC. ISBN 978-2-915160-04-8
- Rien n'estvrai, by Jean Rollin. Éd. Films ABC. ISBN 978-2-915160-02-4
- Les voleuses de foudre, by Jean Rollin. Éd. Films ABC. ISBN 978-2-915160-00-0
- Alice et Aladin détectives de I'impossible, by Jean Rollin. Éd. Films ABC. ISBN 978-2-915160-03-1
- Jean-Pierre Bouyxou contre la femme au masque rouge, by Jean Rollin. ISBN 978-2-84608-121-4
- Le temps d'un visage (1990), Jean Rollin. Éd. Saint-Germain de Prés. ISBN 978-2-243-03253-6
- Ombres vives (1996), by Jean Rollin. Éd. Saint-Germain-des-Prés. ISBN 978-2-243-03542-1
- La statue de chair (1998), by Jean Rollin. Belles lettres. ISBN 978-2-251-82007-1
- Enfer privé (1998), by Jean Rollin. Belles lettres. ISBN 978-2-251-82004-0
- Monseigneur Rat roman (1998), by Jean Rollin. Belle lettres. ISBN 978-2-251-49126-4
- La cabriole a disparu (1998), by Jean Rollin. Illustrated by Michel Solliec. Liv'éditions. ISBN 978-2-910781-66-8
- Cauchemar d'anniversaire (1998), by Jean Rollin. R. de Surtis. ISBN 978-2912271-25-9
- Les dialogues sans fin précédés de quelques souvenirs sur George Bataille, Maurice Blanchot et Michel Fardoulis-Lagrange (1998), by Jean Rollin. Éd. Mirandole. ISBN 978-2-912965-10-3
- La promeneuse romans (1999), by Jean Rollin. Belles lettres. ISBN 978-2-251-49137-0
- Vies et aventures de Jean-Pierre Bouyxou (2001), by Jean Rollin. Éd. Films ABC. ISBN 978-2-84672-009-0
- Tuatha (2001), by Jean Rollin. Belles lettres. ISBN 978-2-251-49154-7
- Gargouillis glauques (2001), by Jean Rollin. R. de surtis. ISBN 978-2-912271-98-3
- La petite fille au cerceau (2001), by Jean Rollin. Éd. Films ABC. ISBN 978-2-84672-010-6
- Estelle et Edwige, les demoiselles de l'étrange (2003), by Jean Rollin. ISBN 978-2-84608-108-5
- Les deux orphelines vampires, by Jean Rollin. Editinter. ISBN 978-2-914227-38-4
- MoteurCoupez!: mémoires d'un cinéaste singulier (2008), by Jean Rollin. ISBN 978-2-84608-253-2
- Bille de clown (2009), by Jean Rollin. ISBN 978-2-84608-254-9
- Jean Rollin: Écrits complets Volume 1 (2010), by Jean Rollin. ISBN 978-2-84608-277-8
- Jean Rollin: Écrits complets Volume 2 (2011), by Jean Rollin. E/dite. ISBN 978-2-84608-281-5
Further reading
- Virgins & Vampires: Jean Rollin, Contains essays by Jean Rollin, edited by Peter Blumenstock; Includes CD soundtrack from Les Deux orphelines vampires – Limited edition of 300 copies, autographed by Jean Rollin (Crippled Publishing, 1997, ISBN 3-9805820-0-0)
- Video Watchdog, Edition 31; Peter Blumenstock interviews Rollin (1995)
- Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 is the title of a 1994 non fiction book by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs, that won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction....
(1994) by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs – Dedicates a chapter to Rollin - Jean Rollin: cinéaste écrivain (2002) by Pascal Françaix (ABC Films Editions, ISBN 978-2915160055)
External links
- The Official Jean Rollin website
- J. Newman "The Cinema of Jean Rollin" Images 9, 2000
- Blood poetry – The cinema of Jean Rollin Kinoeye, 15 April 2002