Filmography
Literature
Lolita, a misunderstood fantasy
Documentary
How did a pedophile fantasy become a global pop icon ? We had to wait for #Metoo to question this literary and collective hypnosis. It is time to decipher the Lolita phenomenon, re-explain its meaning in order to re-establish the truth about the ordeal of a child who was a victim of pedophilia.
Broadcast: Arte - October 13, 2021
Produced by :TV presse
Directed by : Olivia Mokiejewski
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Art and Culture
Celeste and Mr Proust
Dramatized documentaryThis film dives into the intimacy of the famous writer Marcel Proust and his governess Celeste Albaret.
Broadcast: France 5 - September 24, 2021
Produced by : Magneto Presse
Directed by : Elisabeth Kapnist
Music by : Olivier Depardon
History
Napoleon Metternich, the beginning of the end
Dramatized documentaryOn 26 June 1813, Austrian foreign minister Metternich came to meet Napoleon at his headquarters in Dresden. After a private meeting that lasted nine hours, the fate of Europe would be decided.
Broadcast: Arte - May 8, 2021
Produced by: TSVP
Directed by: Mathieu Schwartz and Christian Twente
Edited by: Raphaël Bourdelon
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Japon
Once upon a time...Shoplifters
Documentary
How an intimist film with low budget could get the main prize "Palme d'or" in Cannes ? This documentary explains how the director Kore-eda built his film and made it a little gem of cinema.
Broadcast: Arte - May 8, 2021
Produced by: Folamour
Directed by: Emmanuel Hamon
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Pop Culture
Betty Boop Forever
DocumentaryThe first female human character in the entire history of cartoons, she was also the first woman to have the leading role in a cartoon, since she was born in 1930. With those gorgeous legs, those huge bedroom eyes, her soft singer voice, Betty Boop is such a big hit! As she gets ready to blow out 90 candles in 2020, the sexy little brunette and her legendary Boop-oop-a-doop has never grown old but is still an enigma.
Broadcast: Arte - March 27, 2020
Produced by : Joparige Films and Schuch Productions
Directed by : Claire Duguet
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Holocaust
Iasi Pogrom
DocumentaryThis film tells the story of the Iasi pogrom launched by governmental forces under Marshal Ion Antonescu in the Romanian city of Iaşi against its Jewish community, which lasted from 29 June to 6 July 1941.
Broadcast: France 3 - January 16, 2020
Produced by : Cinétévé
Directed by : William Karel and Nellu Cohn
Edited by : Pauline Pallier
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Le Monde en Face
Children of ISIS
DocumentaryNow detained in Syria, waiting for Europe to take them back home, they are swept up in horrific events far beyond their control and their short lives have been full of violence and fear. Now they are stranded in desolate camps in dire conditions. What outcome for children of ISIS ?
Broadcast: France 5 - January 23, 2020
Produced by : Cinétévé
Directed by : Hélène Lam Trong and Sophie Parmentier
Edited by : Isabelle Martin
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Air France
Pilote
ReportPilots share their experiences and their values.
Broadcast: Air France - June 21, 2019
Produced by : High Pressure Aviation Films ad Air France
Directed by : Hugo Possamaï
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Prime Time
The New Drug War
Dramatized documentaryThe history of Drug Traffick , from French Connection in Marseille to El Chapo in Mexico.
Broadcast: France 2 - April 9, 2019
Produced by : Magneto Presse
Directed by : Pauline Lietar
Edited by : Stéphane Masseline
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Contemporary dance
Angelin Preljocaj, dance the invisible
DocumentaryThis documentary dives into the creation process of the show of one of the greatest contemporary dance choreographers.
Broadcast: France 5 - April 13, 2019
Produced by : Magneto Presse
Directed by : Pauline Lietar
Edited by : Stéphane Masseline
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Architecture
The Louvre, a pharaonic museum
DocumentaryThe Louvre Museum is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built as the Louvre castle in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. This film tells the outstanding story of the museum, from Philip II until now.
Broadcast: RMC Découverte - April 10, 2019
Produced by : Label News
Directed by : Pauline Legrand
Edited by: Amal Doghmi
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Docudrama
Pasteur and Koch
Dramatized documentaryThe French Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) and German Robert Koch (1843–1910) are the two greatest figures in medical microbiology and in establishing acceptance of the germ theory of disease (germ theory). In 1882, fueled by national rivalry and a language barrier, the tension between Pasteur and the younger Koch erupted into an acute conflict.
Broadcast: Arte - October 6, 2018
Produced by : Martange
Directed by : Mathieu Schwartz
Edited by : Raphael Bourdelon
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Infrarouge
Scars
DocumentaryFive people whose faces are malformed or severely disfigured have their photos taken in the famous Parisian portrait studio Harcourt, where all of France’s biggest stars have been immortalized. Behind the scenes they talk candidly about their otherness, preconceptions, and acceptance.
Broadcast: France 2 - March 24, 2020
Produced by : Zadig Productions
Directed by : Didier Cros
Edited by : Emmanuel Cabanes
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Ancient Egypt
King Tut, the treasure uncovered.
DocumentaryWhat if King Tut's treasure was actually of a lady pharaoh ? her name: Meritaton. She ruled Egypt for three years. The stolen treasure is being investigated 3350 years after the event.
Broadcast: Arte - April 27, 2019
Produced by : Iliade Production
Directed by : Frederic Wilner
Edited by : Sophie Le Strat
Music by : Olivier Depardon
A Four-Part Series
Amsterdam, London, New York : the Three Magnificent
DocumentaryFrom 1600 to the present, Amsterdam, London and New York have each contributed to the birth and development of the “world-city,” a new urban concept whose ambition plays out on a global scale and who has given rise to a radically new form of city landscape, still recognizable today. Revisit 400 years of ruthless competition for supremacy over global trade marked by growing urbanization and the rise of architecture and discover the story of the great minds and spirit which contributed in shaping each of these cities in what they are today...
Broadcast: Arte - December 16, 2017
Produced by : Iliade Production
Directed by : Frederic Wilner
Edited by : Sophie Le Strat
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Historical
The incredible Hitler's banker
DocumentaryHjalmar Schacht served in Adolf Hitler's government as President of the National Bank (Reichsbank) 1933–1939 and became Minister of Economics (August 1934 – November 1937).
Broadcast: Toute l'Histoire et RMC Découverte - October 27, 2017
Produced by : Label News
Directed by : François Pomès
Music by : Olivier Depardon
France Televisions
Un jour un destin
MagazineThis series of documentaries unveils the dark side of famous public figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Johnny Halliday, ..
Broadcast: France 2 - October 7, 2012
Produced by : Magneto Presse Music by : Olivier Depardon
Cannes Film Festval
Sur un air de cinéma
Short filmA short movie by Alice Taglioni , that revisits three mythical scenes of the movie history that strongly impacted the Cannes Festival
Broadcast: Festival de Cannes - May 22, 2017
Produced by : Magneto Presse
Director : Alice Taglioni
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Figra 2017
Hidden wars against Daech
DocumentaryThis film takes us from Mossoul to Dubaï, from Istanbul to Beyrout, from Washington to Vienna to better understand the issues at stake within this "third world war".
Broadcast: Arte - November 8, 2016
Produced by : Magneto Presse
Directed by : Jérôme Fritel
Edited by : Seamus Haley
Music by : Olivier Depardon
A 4-Part Series
Paris Berlin
DocumentaryThe crossed story of Paris and Berlin, from 1680 up to now.
Broadcast: Arte - November 14, 2015
Production : Les films de l'Odyssée
Directed by : Fred WIlner
Edited by : Sophie Le Strat
Music by : Olivier Depardon
OUT D'OR 2017
To be her or him
Documentary
Art&Culture
Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, the last secret of modern art
DocumentaryThis previously unreleased film provides a rare glimpse of the dazzling works of this Portuguese painter, prematurely dead at 30 in 1918 from Sapnish flu.
Broadcast: France 5
Grand Palais - May 9, 2016
Produced by: Les films de l'Odyssee
Directed by: Christophe Fonseca
Edited by: Cedric Daire
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Prime
Jacques Chirac, the man who didn't want to be President
DocumentaryThis film explores the unknown sides of President Jacques Chirac.
Broadcast: France 2 - October 16, 2016
Produced by: Magneto Presse
Directed by: Dominique Fargues
Edited by: Alexis Guillot
Music by: Olivier Depardon, Christopjhe Henrotte
Duel
Truffaut Godard
Documentarythe film explored the psychological dimension of the relationship between the two cult French film directors.
Broadcast: France 5 - May 12, 2016
Produced by: Morgane Production
Directed by: Claire Duguet
Edited by: Fabien Leroy
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Canal +
Special Investigation
Report- The Voice of Consciousness
- Spies in the Castle
- Desert Wise
- The Last Hours
- Fascination
- Highway 9
- Monopoly Qatari
- Ed Wood is not Dead
Reports on hot and current worldwide topics.
Broadcast: Canal+
Produced by : Miscellaneous (incl. Magneto Presse)
Music by : Miscellaneous (incl. Olivier Depardon)
Discovery
The golden flower, a treasure in Himalaya
CorporateGrowing at an altitude of 3,000 meters, the golden flower is an essential ingredient for practitioners of amchi, a branch of traditional Tibetan medicine. Chanel did its best to bring it to France and use it to create their new skincare product Sublimage.
Broadcast: Chanel - September 1, 2010
Produced by: Magnéto Prod
Directed by: Florent Chevolleau
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Society
Shale gas: lobbies strike back
DocumentaryThis film focuses on the strategy used by Shale gas corporations to come back to the 2011 French government statement forbidding the use of Shale gas in France.
Broadcast: France 5 - October 14, 2014
Produced by: Magneto Presse
Directed by: Michel Tedoldi
Edited by: Bérengere Hetier Lafont
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Feature film
Sister of Sahel
Feature filmSoundtrack composed for orchestra and recorded at Studio de la Seine in Paris with the CIFAP chamber orchestra.
Broadcast: Cinéma
Production : CIFAP
Directed by : Arnaud de Buchy
Recorded at Studio de la Seine in Paris with the CIFAP orchestra
Fatherhood
Be a dad and shut up !
DocumentaryAn investigation on a quite unknown situation imposing paternity to some men and sometimes ruining their lives.
Broadcast: France 5 - January 13, 2015
Produced by: Morgane Prod
Directed by: Lorène Debaisieux
Edited by: Emmanuel Cabanes
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Infrarouge
My sacred bounds, my love stories
DocumentaryAfter the law on same-sex mariage has passed, and during the "manifestations pour tous" in France , this documentary tells and shows the life of Olivier Boucreux, a father and also a man about to marry Damien.
Broadcast: France 2 - September 2, 2014
Produced by: Galaxie Presse
Directed by: Olivier Boucreux
Edited by: Laurent Follea
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Grand reportage
2011, the romance of the year
Documentary2011 was marked by a wave of revolutions in the Arab World as well as a terrible earthquake and tsunami that hit the east of Japan killing 15,840 people.
Broadcast: France 2 - December 11, 2011
Produced by: Magneto Presse
Directed by: Jean-Sebastien Desbordes
Edited by: Florent Maillet
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Justice
Verdict
CreditsThis documentary collection focuses on recent criminal cases and unveils, from a psychological point of view, the reasons of the crime.
Broadcast: France 5
Produced by : Morgane Production
Author: Jean-Charles Marchand
Music by : Olivier Depardon
Aired on: February 2016
Un jour, une histoire
The troublesome Mister Pétain
DocumentaryBased on never seen archive footage, shot in emblematic places such as Vichy and Isle of Yeu, this film tells and analyses the story of Philippe Pétain, former French hero in the first world war and put on trial for treason after what he did with his national assembly government in Vichy during World War 2.
Broadcast: France 2 - December 10, 2013
Produced by: Magnéto Presse
Directed by: Laurent Delahousse, Jean-Edouard Choppin avec Frédéric Martin
Edited by: Alexis Guillot
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Un jour, une histoire
The ambitious men
DocumentaryThis film introduces for the first time the crossed stories of Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, respectively former and current French president..
Broadcast: France 2 - May 28, 2013
Produced by: Magnéto Presse
Directed by: Laurent Delahousse / Dominique Fargues / Erwan
Edited by: Matthieu Besnard
Music by: Olivier Depardon
Biopic
Eva Peron, icon and passionaria
DocumentaryAs the second wife of Argentine President Juan Peron, Eva became a powerful, though unofficial, political leader.
Broadcast: France 5 - October 4, 2022
Produced by: Program33
Directed by : Julien Leloup
Music by: Olivier Depardon