Jean-Paul Salomé

7 titles·Since 2001

September 14, 1960 · Paris, France

Jean-Paul Salomé, born in 1960, is a French director and screenwriter. After studying cinema at the Sorbonne Censier, he worked as an assistant in the shooting of films, notably in 1981 in the film Les Uns et les Autres by Claude Lelouch. Then he made two short films which were documentaries: L'Heure d'aimer in 1983 and La petite Commission in 1984. In 1991, he made his first feature film for television: Crimes et jardins for which he also wrote the scenario. He then directed other feature films, including Les Femmes de l'ombre with Sophie Marceau, released in 2008. In January 2013, he was elected president of UniFrance Films.

Frequently works with

Isabelle Huppert

2 titles together

Sophie Marceau

2 titles together

Filmography (7)

The Money Maker

2026 · Director

La Syndicaliste

2023 · Director

Mama Weed

2020 · Director

Playing Dead

2013 · Director

Female Agents

2008 · Director

Arsène Lupin

2004 · Director

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre

2001 · Director

September 14, 1960 · Paris, France

Jean-Paul Salomé, born in 1960, is a French director and screenwriter. After studying cinema at the Sorbonne Censier, he worked as an assistant in the shooting of films, notably in 1981 in the film Les Uns et les Autres by Claude Lelouch. Then he made two short films which were documentaries: L'Heure d'aimer in 1983 and La petite Commission in 1984. In 1991, he made his first feature film for television: Crimes et jardins for which he also wrote the scenario. He then directed other feature films, including Les Femmes de l'ombre with Sophie Marceau, released in 2008. In January 2013, he was elected president of UniFrance Films.