---
name: "René Manzor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rene-manzor"
fi1m_id: "rene-manzor"
imdb_id: "nm0544528"
tmdb_id: 24547
wikidata_id: "Q3426592"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 August 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:59:14.767902+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# René Manzor

## Identity

René Manzor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rene-manzor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rene-manzor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0544528
- **TMDB ID:** 24547
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3426592
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426592, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24547

Writer. Born 4 August 1959 in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 August 1959, Mont-de-Marsan, Landes, France
- **Also known as:** René Lalanne
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426592, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24547

## Biography

René Manzor, born René Lalanne, is a French film and television director and screenwriter. He trained at the École supérieure de réalisation audiovisuelle (ESRA) in Paris and began his career with short films, including the award-winning *Synapses* (1981). His first feature, *Le Passage* (1986), starred Alain Delon.

Manzor is known for directing *3615 code Père Noël* (1990), also released as *Dial Code Santa Claus* or *Deadly Games*, *Un amour de sorcière* (1997) and *Dédales* (2003). He contributed the screenplay for *Highlander III: The Sorcerer* (1994) and directed episodes of *Highlander: The Series* and *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles*. He has also written several novels, including the award-winning thriller *Celui dont le nom n’est plus* (2014). He is the brother of musicians Francis Lalanne and Jean-Félix Lalanne.

*Sources: fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Highlander III: The Sorcerer* (1994), Fi1m 45, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-iii-the-sorcerer.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Murder in Basque Country* (2020), Director
- *Meurtres en Haute-Savoie* (2018), Director
- *Murders in...* (2013), series, Director
- *Blackout* (2009), Writer, Director
- *Labyrinth* (2003), Director, Writer
- *Monsieur N.* (2003), Scenario Writer
- *Alex Santana, négociateur* (2002), series, Creator
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life* (2000), Director
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception* (1999), Director
- *Red Shoe Diaries 8: Night of Abandon* (1998), Director
- *Highlander: The Raven* (1998), series, Director
- *A Witch's Way of Love* (1997), Director, Writer
- *Les Légendes du Grand Nord* (1995), Director
- *Highlander III: The Sorcerer* (1994), Screenplay — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-iii-the-sorcerer.md)
- *Warrior Spirit* (1994), Screenplay, Director
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, Director
- *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, Director
- *Hitchhiker: Windows* (1990), Director
- *Dial Code Santa Claus* (1990), as Responsable stock · Director, Writer
- *The Passage* (1986), as Le jounaliste TV · Writer, Director
- *Synapses* (1981), Director, Writer, Animation

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Embouchure Prize 2022: Embouchure Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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