Tumult in the Clouds

Original screenplay in English. Adapted from my play of the same name. Short Synopsis While the Americans try to obtain the release of their Embassy personnel held hostage in Teheran, the Shah of Iran is the guest of General Torrijos of Panama, guarded by Colonel Noriega. Three dictators (past, present and future) on a small

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Only Connect

Mobile phones, internet, text messages, e-mails, chats : the means of communication multiply but do we communicate any more effectively as a result ? Six characters in search of love meet up, seduce each other, fall in love, fall out of love, argue, hate each other, split up, meet someone else and start again. False identities, true

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Living The Lie

The starting point for Living The Lie is a true story: after twenty years of pretending to be a doctor working for the World Health Organisation in Geneva, Jean-Claude Romand murdered his parents, wife and children and set fire to his house. He failed to kill himself and so was subsequently brought to trial and

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De Nouvelles Vies

Three women are about to give birth on a rainy 31st of December. France 3, MFP Productions. Directed by Stéphane Kurc. With Isabelle Candelier, Hélène Vincent, Marie-Sohna Condé, Julie Dray, Jean-Yves Bertheloot, Marc Citti, Alexandre Hamidi, Ouassini Embarek, Nathalie Besançon, Laure Duthilleul     &nbsp

Les Âmes Fortes

Directed by Raul Ruiz. MDI Productions. Screenplay adapted from the novel by Jean Giono: Alexandre Astruc, Eric Neuhoff, Alain Majani, Mitch Hooper. With Laetitia Casta, Arielle Dombasle, Frédéric Dieffenthal, John Malkovitch, Charles Berling, Christian Vadim. Official selection Cannes 2001. &nbsp

le théâtre de l’intime

After Only Connect, the first Body and Soul/Corps et Âme production, (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMitchHooper), and before tackling Shakespeare, I want to look at a number of plays dealing with the theme of the couple: two by Harold Pinter, « The Lover » and « Ashes to Ashes », one by James Saunders, « Bodies », one by Roland Schimmelpfennig, « Peggy Pickit », and two of mine, “Living The

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le chantier Shakespeare

This is a long-term goal for the company: to stage Shakespeare’s plays in both English and French and to use this experience to create new, original, large-scale work, including a series of bilingual plays, the Borderline trilogy. SHAKESPEARE (dossier Macbeth et Comme il vous plaira)

Betrayal

Harold Pinter. Théâtre Lucernaire, autumn 2009. Autumn 2010. Tour 2011-2012. Avignon 2012.  Revue de presse à télécharger  

L’Ombre d’un Crime

Directed by Jean Sagols. Adaptated from the novel by Pierre Benoît, “Alberte”, 2 x 90 minutes, in collaboration with Laurence Decréau. France 3, JLA Productions. With Cyrielle Claire, Boris Terral, Julie Judd, Martin Lamotte.   &nbsp

La Femme du Pêcheur

Directed by Dominique Cheminal. France 3, Superwoman Productions. Original screenplay. With Fanny Cottençon, Robinson Stèvenin, François Marthouret, Jean-Marc Thibault, Jacques Spiesser, Nathalie Krebs. Nomination best screenplay for the Sept d’Or television awards.   &nbsp