Nicolas Ribowski

Nicolas Ribowski is a French film and television director known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s. Born to parents who were deported during World War II, Ribowski was hidden by a family in Moissac until the end of the war. He began his career as an assistant director, working with filmmakers like Alain Cavalier and Jacques Tati. Ribowski directed episodes for television series such as Médecins de nuit and Navarro. He also directed the film Une affaire d'hommes (1981). Ribowski's work often explores themes of justice and human relationships.

Works

Le Combat dans l’île

The charismatic, surly son of a wealthy industrialist, Clément, leads a double life as a member of a right-wing extremist organization. When he’s ratted out after a failed assassination attempt on a prominent politician, Clément and his long-suffering wife Anne flee Paris to the idyllic country home of his childhood friend, pacifist print-maker Paul. As affection blossoms between Paul and Anne, the emotional, as well as political tensions, soar and eventually explode.

Release Date1962-08-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobSecond Assistant Director

Vote Count38

Police Commissioner Moulin

The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.

Release Date1976-08-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count7

A Business of Men

Two friends, Commissioner Servolle and real estate developer Faguet, see their friendship tested by the investigation carried out following the murder of Faguet's wife.

Release Date1981-11-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count15

La Trilogie marseillaise

Release Date2000-04-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count3

Périgord noir

The recolonization of Africa, this time by the very blacks who had to flee it as exiles during the time of the original French occupation, is the theme of this political comedy. Adiza, who has been living well in France, has decided that she will return and buy the plantation she and her compatriots were expelled from, and enlists some unlikely helpers to bring them back into the country and enact their plot. Meanwhile, these "local" blacks are unwittingly accepted by the other landowners as more cheap labor.

Release Date1989-06-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

La Meule

In 1943, a young couple hides food intended to be sold on the black market in a haystack. Each of their trips in the countryside represents rare, exalting moments during which they can live in harmony with nature. But one afternoon, the situation brutally changes.

Release Date1962-01-01

DepartmentCrew

JobCinematography

Evening Classes

Jacques Tati teaches an acting class about the subtleties of certain types of people to a group of eager (but not very talented) students.

Release Date1967-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count45

Vaines recherches

An anonymous phone call puts Commissioner Schneider's entire career and personal life in question. While his couple suffers from his impossible schedules, he finds himself running after a provocative murderer who announces his crimes over the phone. Very quickly, a doubt comes over him: could the culprit be closer to him than he thought?

Release Date1987-11-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

La femme du boulanger

In a small village of Haute-Provence, it is an event. The abandoned bakery comes back to life. Aimable and his wife Aurélie bring out the first batch of bread for the happiness of the inhabitants. Among the first customers, Dominique, a young shepherd, does not leave Aurélie indifferent...

Release Date1999-06-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Clémy

Release Date2005-11-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Kelly et les bergères

Release Date2024-02-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector