{{short description|French film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = Steve SUISSA.png | caption = Suissa in 2019. | name = Steve Suissa | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Stage & film director, actor | years_active = 1990-present }}
'''Steve Suissa''' (born 7 December 1970) is a French stage and film director and actor. His 2000 film ''Taking Wing'' was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival where he won the award for Best Director.<ref name="Moscow2000">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2000 |title=22nd Moscow International Film Festival (2000) |access-date=2013-03-27 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328142219/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2000 |archive-date=28 March 2013 }}</ref>
== Theater == === As actor === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Writer ! Director |- | rowspan=2| 1991 | ''Summer and Smoke'' | Tennessee Williams | Gilles Gleizes |- | ''Les Nuits de Terayama'' | Shūji Terayama | Nicolas Bataille |- | 1992-93 | ''Sabato, domenica e lunedi'' | Eduardo De Filippo | Françoise Petit |- | 1993 | ''The Seagull'' | Anton Chekhov | Isabelle Nanty |- | 1995 | ''Orpheus Descending'' | Tennessee Williams | Jacques Mornas |- | rowspan=2| 1998 | ''The Widow's Blind Date'' | Israel Horovitz | Pierre-Olivier Mornas |- | ''27 Wagons Full of Cotton'' | Tennessee Williams | Henri Lazarini |- | 2015-16 | ''Une folie'' | Sacha Guitry | Francis Huster |- |}
=== As director === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Writer |- | 2005 | ''Barefoot in the Park'' | Neil Simon |- | rowspan=2| 2007 | ''Money'' | Alain Schwarzstein |- | ''Une liaison pornographique'' | Philippe Blasband |- | 2007-08 | ''La Femme rompue'' | Simone de Beauvoir |- | 2008 | ''Ma femme s'appelle Maurice'' | Raffy Shart |- | rowspan=2| 2012-13 | ''A Bronx Tale'' | Chazz Palminteri |- | ''The Diary of a Young Girl'' | Anne Frank |- | 2013 | ''The Magic Flute'' | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |- | 2013-14 | ''The Guitrys'' | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |- | 2013-15 | ''Mass Appeal'' | Bill C. Davis |- | 2013-18 | ''Miss Carpenter'' | Marianne James & Sébastien Marnier |- | rowspan=2| 2014 | ''Si on recommençait'' | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |- | ''La Trahison d’Einstein'' | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |- | rowspan=2| 2014-16 | ''The Royal Game'' | Stefan Zweig |- | ''Georges et Georges'' | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |- | rowspan=2| 2015 | ''Hibernatus'' | Jean Bernard-Luc |- | ''Oscar et la Dame rose'' | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |- | 2015-16 | ''L’Élixir d’amour'' | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |- | rowspan=2| 2015-17 | ''Avanti !'' | Samuel A. Taylor |- | ''24h de la vie d’une femme'' | Stefan Zweig |- | 2016 | ''Le Mystère Bizet'' | Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt |- | 2016-17 | ''Amok'' | Stefan Zweig |- | rowspan=2| 2016-18 | ''À droite à gauche'' | Laurent Ruquier |- | ''Michel Drucker - Seul... avec vous'' | Michel Drucker |- | rowspan=3| 2017-19 | ''Samia'' | Gilbert Ponté |- | ''Horowitz'' | Francis Huster |- | ''Le Théâtre, ma vie'' | Francis Huster |- | 2018 | ''Passionnément Toscanini'' | Francis Huster |- | 2018-19 | ''Pourvu qu’il soit heureux'' | Laurent Ruquier |- | 2018-20 | ''Ich bin Charlotte'' | Doug Wright |- | 2019 | ''Le Plus Beau dans tout ça'' | Laurent Ruquier |- | rowspan=2| 2019-20 | ''A Bronx Tale'' | Chazz Palminteri |- | ''The Sunflower'' | Simon Wiesenthal |- | 2020 | ''Transmission'' | Bill C. Davis |- | rowspan=2| 2022 | ''Ich bin Charlotte'' | Doug Wright |- | ''Moi aussi j’ai vécu'' | Hélios Azoulay |- | 2022-23 | ''The Sunflower'' | Simon Wiesenthal |- | 2022-24 | ''Sélectionné'' | Marc Élya |- |}
== Filmography == === As actor === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! Notes |- | 1990 | ''Nouvelle Vague'' | The waiter | Jean-Luc Godard | |- | 1991 | ''La tribu'' | An intern | Yves Boisset | |- | rowspan=3| 1994 | ''Neuf mois'' | Ambulance man | Patrick Braoudé | |- | ''Les Cordier, juge et flic'' | Jacky | Alain Bonnot | TV series (1 episode) |- | ''Van Loc: un grand flic de Marseille'' | Dany | Claude Barrois | TV series (1 episode) |- | 1995 | ''L'affaire Dreyfus'' | The camp's helper | Yves Boisset | TV movie |- | rowspan=2| 1996 | ''Nous sommes tous des anges'' | An Italian | Simon Lelouch | Short |- | ''Commandant Nerval'' | The Lock | Henri Helman | TV series (1 episode) |- | rowspan=4| 1997 | ''Amour et confusions'' | Guard | Patrick Braoudé | |- | ''Clueur'' | Clueur | Nicolas Bazz | Short |- | ''Le juste'' | Nicola Carbini | Franck Apprederis | TV series (1 episode) |- | ''Maître Da Costa'' | Alex Patche | Nicolas Ribowski | TV series (1 episode) |- | 1997-98 | ''Navarro'' | Xavier / Delcourt | Nicolas Ribowski | TV series (2 episodes) |- | 1998 | ''Ronin'' | Waiter in Nice | John Frankenheimer | |- | rowspan=2| 1999 | ''Le roi en son moulin'' | Aupestre | Jacob Berger | TV movie |- | ''P.J.'' | Pascal | Frédéric Krivine | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2000 | ''Taking Wing'' | Joseph | Steve Suissa | |- | 2002 | ''Vertiges'' | Julien | Steve Suissa | TV series (1 episode) |- | rowspan=5| 2003 | ''Une employée modèle'' | The rocker | Jacques Otmezguine | |- | ''Comme si de rien n'était'' | Benoit | Pierre-Olivier Mornas | |- | ''Le bison (et sa voisine Dorine)'' | Sitcom actor | Isabelle Nanty | |- | ''De soie et de cendre'' | Roberto | Jacques Otmezguine | TV movie |- | ''Blague à part'' | Dr. Roméo | Olivier Barma | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2004 | ''Le grand rôle'' | Doron | Steve Suissa | |- | rowspan=4| 2005 | ''Edy'' | Bar client | Stéphan Guérin-Tillié | |- | ''Cavalcade'' | Antoine | Steve Suissa | |- | ''Trois couples en quête d'orages'' | Cances | Jacques Otmezguine | |- | ''Zooloo'' | Nemo | Nicolas Bazz | Short |- | 2008 | ''A Man and His Dog'' | The patient's son | Francis Huster | |- | 2009 | ''Mensch'' | Joseph Hazak | Steve Suissa | |- | 2010 | ''Enquêtes réservées'' | Launay | Bruno Garcia | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2013 | ''Victor Young Perez'' | Benjamin Perez | Jacques Ouaniche | |- | 2014 | ''Léo Matteï, brigade des mineurs'' | Christophe Fabre | David Morley | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2023 | ''Croisement Gaza Bd St Germain'' | Patrick Mendes | Jacques Ouaniche | TV mini-series |- |}
=== As filmmaker === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2000 | ''Taking Wing'' | Moscow International Film Festival - Best Director<br>Moscow International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention<br>Nominated - Moscow International Film Festival - Golden St. George |- | 2001 | ''Elle pleure pas'' | Short |- | 2002 | ''Vertiges'' | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2003 | ''Carnets d'ado'' | TV series (1 episode) |- | 2004 | ''Le grand rôle'' | Nominated - Festival du Film de Paris - Grand Prix |- | 2005 | ''Cavalcade'' | |- | 2009 | ''Mensch'' | |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0837661|Steve Suissa}}
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