Jean Delannoy

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Jean Delannoy in the 2000s

Jean Delannoy (born January 12, 1908 in Noisy-le-Sec , † June 18, 2008 in Guainville ) was a French film director and screenwriter .

life and work

Delannoy's parents came from Upper Normandy . He himself was born in the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Sec and was the descendant of Huguenots who were called De la Noye and later Delano.

While studying in Paris, Delannoy began to act in silent films. He ended up working for Paramount , where he worked his way up to become a film editor . In 1934 his first directorial work, the short film Une vocation irrésistible , formed the cornerstone for the second phase of his career, in which he also worked as a screenwriter. In 1946 his film Und es war Licht was awarded the Grand Prix as one of eleven films in Cannes . In 1960 Commissioner Maigret Set a Trap received a nomination for the British Film Academy Award .

His first major successes were Der Oberst des Kaiser (1942) and The Eternal Bane (1943). After films like And there was light (1946), The game is out (1947; after Sartre ) and Commissioner Maigret Sets a Trap (1958), intellectually demanding films followed, until he turned to television in 1976. This was followed by a series of films depicting the lives of saints: Bernadette - The Miracle of Lourdes (1988), La Passion de Bernadette (1990) and Maria von Nazareth (1995).

In 1986 Jean Delannoy received an honorary césar for his life's work.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1939: The Macau gambling den (Macau, l'enfer du jeu)
  • 1941: In the fever of love (Fièvres)
  • 1942: The Emperor's Colonel (Pontcarral, colonel de l'empire)
  • 1943: The Eternal Ban (L'éternel retour)
  • 1944: Knight of the Night (Le bossu)
  • 1945: Shadow over a woman's heart (Le part de l'ombre) (also screenplay)
  • 1946: And there was light (La symphonie pastorale) (also screenplay)
  • 1947: The game is over (Les jeux sont faits) (also screenplay)
  • 1948: Meeting point Rio (Aux yeux du souvenir) (also screenplay)
  • 1949: The secret of Mayerling (Le secret de Mayerling) (also screenplay)
  • 1950: God needs people (Dieu a besoin des hommes)
  • 1951: Hafengasse 5 (Le garçon sauvage)
  • 1952: Confession of a night (La minute de vérité) (also screenplay)
  • 1954: love, women and soldiers (Destinées)
  • 1954: Can women be like that? (Secrets d'alcôve) (also screenplay)
  • 1954: People on the trapeze (obsession)
  • 1955: Like Lost Dogs (Chiens perdus sans collier) (also screenplay)
  • 1956: A Queen's romance novel (Marie Antoinette reine de France) (also screenplay)
  • 1956: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • 1958: Inspector Maigret sets a trap (Maigret tend un piège)
  • 1959: The Bar of Temptation (Ginguette)
  • 1959: Maigret knows no mercy (Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre) (also screenplay)
  • 1960: A gentleman without change (Le baron de l'écluse) (also screenplay)
  • 1960: The French woman and love, episode: L'adolescence
  • 1960: The Princess of Cleve (La princesse de Clèves) (also screenplay)
  • 1961: Behind Strangers' Windows (Le rendez-vous) (also screenplay)
  • 1967: Imperial Venus (Vénus impériale) (also screenplay)
  • 1964: Secret friendships (Les amitiés particulières)
  • 1965: you become a nuisance, sir (Le majordome)
  • 1966: The Italian Lover (Les sultans) (also screenplay)
  • 1967: Action Man (Le soleil des voyous) (also screenplay)
  • 1970: The man with the torpedo skin (La peau de torpédo) (also screenplay)
  • 1972: Just a matter of time (Pas folle, la guêpe)
  • 1976: Kings die lonely (Le jeune homme et le lion) (TV four-part series)
  • 1981: Brother Martin (Frère Martin) (also screenplay)
  • 1987: Indras Rache (Tout est dans la fin) (also screenplay)
  • 1989: Bernadette (La passion de Bernadette) (also screenplay)
  • 1990: Code name: Gorilla (Le gorille compte ses abbatis)
  • 1995: Mary of Nazareth (Marie de Nazareth)

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Director Jean Delannoy has died

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Delannoy, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Noisy-le-Sec
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 2008
Place of death Guainville