- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 15, 1921
- Place of Birth
- Brig, Valais, Switzerland
- Died
- January 14, 2006
Henri Colpi
Henri Colpi (French: [kɔlpi]; 15 July 1921 – 14 January 2006) was a French film editor and film director. Colpi graduated from the IDHEC in 1947. During 1950 to 1960, he edited films for such notable French New Wave directors as Agnès Varda and Georges Franju. Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, which is well known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival with Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel. Une aussi longue absence was written by Marguerite Duras, featured Alida Valli in a major role, and included music by Georges Delerue. It also won the Louis Delluc Prize in 1960. His second feature Codine was also screening in competition at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, where Colpi won the prize for Best Screenplay. Colpi is also noted as a film editor with about 20 credits, including Alain Resnais' films Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and L'Année dernière à…
Filmography
movieLife Lesson
1995
movieMusic for the Movies: Georges Delerue
1995 · Self
movieThe Elegant Criminal
1990 · The head of the prison
movieThe Sacrifice
1986 · Thanks
movieLe sphinx
1986 · Editor
movieThe Big Brother
1982 · Editor
movieFruits of Passion
1981 · Editor
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
movieThe Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
1979 · Editor, Associate Producer
movieBilitis
1977 · Editor, Technical Advisor
Le Pèlerinage
tvLe Pèlerinage
1975 · Director
tvMysterious Island
1973 · Director
movieThe Mysterious Island
1973 · Director, Writer
movieRafael Kubelik A Portrait
1971 · Director
tvNoële aux quatre vents
1970 · Director
movieHappy He Who Like Ulysses
1970 · Director, Writer
movieDestroy, She Said
1969 · Editor
tvFortune
1969 · Director
tvThibaud ou les Croisades
1968 · Director
Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur opus 55 (Eroica) von Ludwig van Beethoven
movieSymphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur opus 55 (Eroica) von Ludwig van Beethoven
1967 · Director
movieThe Nameless Star
1966 · Director, Screenplay
Entwürfe und Träume
movieEntwürfe und Träume
1965 · Editor
movieCodine
1963 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
movieLast Year at Marienbad
1961 · Editor
movieThe Long Absence
1961 · Director
Paris la belle
movieParis la belle
1960 · Editor
movieHiroshima Mon Amour
1959 · Editor
movieMonsieur Tête
1959 · Editor
movieAlong the Coast
1958 · Editor
movieThe First Night
1958 · Editor
movieLes hommes de la baleine
1958 · Editor
movieThe Sea and the Days
1958 · Editor
movieA King in New York
1957 · Assistant Editor
Chères vieilles choses
movieChères vieilles choses
1957 · Editor
La Déroute
movieLa Déroute
1957 · Editor
movieNight and Fog
1956 · Sound Recordist
movieThe Mystery of Picasso
1956 · Editor
movieBilocation
— · Editor