- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- March 18, 1890
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- July 4, 1969
Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m freestyle. He competed in the 400 m freestyle at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics. During World War I Decoin served as a pilot. After that he worked as a sports journalist for L'Auto, L'Intransigeant and Paris-Soir. In 1926 he published his first book, influenced by Dadaism, the experimental and prize-winning Quinze Combats (Fifteen Rounds), in which a boxing match is seen subjectively by a boxer, and in 1933 directed his first film, Les requins du pétrole (The Oil Sharks). He was known for tackling many genres; with adaptations of Georges Simenon as The Strangers in the House (1942) - featuring …
Filmography
movieDanielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieJean Marais, le mal rouge et or
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieLicense to Kill
1964 · Director
moviePariahs of Glory
1964 · Director, Writer
movieCasablanca, Nest of Spies
1963 · Director
movieThe Iron Mask
1962 · Director
movieWhere the Truth Lies
1962 · Writer, Director
movieThe Pavements of Paris
1961 · Director
movieLove and the Frenchwoman
1960 · Director
movieTender and Violent Elisabeth
1960 · Writer, Director
movieThe Cat Shows Her Claws
1960 · Director, Writer
movieAtomic Agent
1959 · Director
movieToo Late to Love
1959 · Director, Writer
movieThe Cat
1958 · Director
movieToo Many Lovers
1957 · Director
movieAnyone Can Kill Me
1957 · Director, Screenplay
movieBurning Fuse
1957 · Director, Writer
movieAn Evening at the Music Hall
1956 · Director, Writer
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieThe Affair of the Poisons
1955 · Director, Writer
movieRazzia
1955 · Director, Writer
movieOne Step to Eternity
1954 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Secrets of the Bed
1954 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Scheming Women
1954 · Director, Screenplay
movieInside a Girls' Dormitory
1953 · Director, Writer
movieThe Lovers of Toledo
1953 · Director
movieThe Truth About Bebe Donge
1952 · Director
movieLove and Desire
1951 · Self, the director (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
movieClara de Montargis
1951 · Writer, Director
movieParis Incident
1950 · Director
movieAt the Grand Balcony
1949 · Director
moviePortrait of a Murderer
1949 · Screenplay
movieBetween Eleven and Midnight
1949 · Director, Adaptation
movieMonelle
1948 · Director
movieThe Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947 · Director
movieNot Guilty
1947 · Director
movieClockface Cafe
1947 · Director, Screenplay
movieDevil's Daughter
1946 · Director, Writer
movieI Am with You
1943 · Director
movieThe London Man
1943 · Director, Writer
movieLove Marriage
1942 · Director
movieThe Benefactor
1942 · Director
movieStrangers in the House
1942 · Director
movieAnnette and the Blonde Woman
1942 · Screenplay
movieHer First Affair
1941 · Director, Screenplay
movieBeating Heart
1940 · Director
movieReturn at Dawn
1938 · Writer, Director
movieAbused Confidence
1937 · Writer, Director
movieThe Virgin Bride
1937 · Director
moviePort Arthur
1936 · Writer
moviePort Arthur
1936 · Writer
movieThe Green Domino
1935 · Director
movieKing of the Camargue
1935 · Writer
moviePoliche
1934 · Writer
movieToboggan
1934 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Blue Ones of the Sky
1933 · Director, Writer
movieThe Oil Sharks
1933 · Dialogue, Director
movieI Will Love You Always
1933 · Director, Dialogue, Adaptation
movieSailor's Song
1932 · Writer
movieThe Unknown Singer
1931 · Screenplay
movieDragnet Night
1931 · Writer
La ronde infernale
movieLa ronde infernale
1928 · Writer
movieThe Race for Love
1925 · Screenplay
The Unknown Singer
movieThe Unknown Singer
— · Original Film Writer