Paul Vecchiali

Paul Vecchiali (born 28 April 1930 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France) is a French filmmaker and author.

He spent his childhood in Toulon. His family, suspected of collaboration, preferred to leave this city after the war.

His cinema takes as a starting point the French cinema of the 1930s, with an experimental and autobiographical tone. His best-known films are arguably Rosa la rose and Encore. His films are notably low-budget.

In 1987, he became the first director to link AIDS to homosexuality in a French film with his film Encore.

• That's Life (C'est la vie) (1981)
• At the Top of the Stairs (1983)
• Rosa la rose, fille publique (1985)
• Encore / Once More (1988)
• The Guys in the Cafe (1989)
• Wonder Boy (1994)
• Zone Franche (1996)
• Love Reinvented (1997)
• Tears of AIDS (1999)
• A Vot' Bon Coer (2004)
• A Diagonal Portrait of Paul Vecchiali (2005)
• Le Cancre (2016)