Jean-Paul Le Chanois

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Jean-Paul Le Chanois (born October 25, 1909 as Jean-Paul Etienne Dreyfus in Paris , † July 8, 1985 in Passy, ​​Haute Savoie ) was a French screenwriter and film director .

Life

Le Chanois studied law , philosophy and psychiatry for a few semesters and was also involved in an avant-garde theater group. In 1930 he came to film and became an assistant to directors Anatole Litvak , Alexander Korda , Maurice Tourneur and Max Ophüls, among others . Shortly before the start of the Second World War , Le Chanois directed documentaries and newsreels . In 1939 he was able to make a feature film as a director for the first time, during the time of the German occupation the native Jew Dreyfus went underground and was active in the Resistance . During this time Dreyfus, code name Le Chanois, also worked for the production company of the German occupying power Continental-Film ( Die Teufelshand ). The German Continental boss and former favorite of Goering and Goebbels , Alfred Greven , who knew about Le Chanois' Jewish identity, still held his protective hand over him. His cinematic work is strongly influenced by humanism.

Filmography (selection)

Director

  • 1936: Life is ours (La vie est à nous) (together with other directors) - also script
  • 1948: If you skip school (L'école buisonnière) - also script
  • 1949: The career of Doris Hart (La belle que voilà) - also screenplay
  • 1950: Without giving the address (Sans laisser d'address)
  • 1951: marriage brokerage (L'agence matrimoniale)
  • 1954: The Refugees (Les évadés) - also screenplay
  • 1954: Papa, Mama, Katrin and I (Papa, maman, la bonne et moi) - also screenplay
  • 1955: Papa, Mama, my wife and I (Papa, maman, ma femme et moi) - also script
  • 1956: Doctor Laurent ( Le cas du Docteur Laurent ) - also screenplay
  • 1957: Die Elenden (Les misérables) - also screenplay
  • 1960: The French woman and love (La Française et l'amour) - Director and screenplay of the 7th episode
  • 1962: Mandrin, the great musketeer (Mandrin) - also screenplay
  • 1964: Monsieur
  • 1966: Blossoms, crooks and the night of Nice (Le jardinier d'Argenteuil) - also screenplay

Script only

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 634.
  2. ↑ Kay Less: Between the stage and the barracks. Metropol-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 3-938690-10-0 , p. 24.
personal data
SURNAME Le Chanois, Jean-Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dreyfus, Jean-Paul Etienne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French screenwriter and film director
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1985
Place of death Passy (Haute-Savoie)