- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 12, 1908
- Place of Birth
- Noisy-le-Sec, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
- Died
- June 18, 2008
Jean Delannoy
Jean Delannoy (12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director. Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Protestant, a descendant of Huguenots, some of whom fled the country during the French Wars of Religion, and settled first in Wallonia. Afterwards, their name became De la Noye and then Delano, who were on the second ship to immigrate to Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was a student in Paris when he began acting in silent films. He eventually landed a job with Paramount Studios Parisian facilities, working his way up to head film editor. In 1934 he directed his first film and went on to a long career, both writing and directing. In 1946, his film about a Protestant minister titled La symphonie pastorale was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1960,…
Filmography
movieCinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
2012 · Self
movieJean Cocteau, cinéaste
2001 · Self
movieMary of Nazareth
1995 · Director
movieThe Passion of Bernadette
1990 · Director, Writer
movieBernadette
1988 · Director, Writer
movieThe Enigmatic Mister S.
1987 · Director, Writer
tvHistoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
1981 · Creator
movieNot Dumb, the Bird
1972 · Director, Writer
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieOnly the Cool
1970 · Director, Screenplay
movieAction Man
1967 · Director, Adaptation
movieThe Sultans
1966 · Director, Writer
movieThe Double Bed
1965 · Writer, Director
movieLe Majordome
1965 · Director
movieThis Special Friendship
1964 · Director
movieImperial Venus
1962 · Director, Writer
movieRendezvous
1961 · Director
moviePrincess of Cleves
1961 · Director
movieLove and the Frenchwoman
1960 · Director
movieThe Baron of the Locks
1960 · Director
movieMaigret and the St. Fiacre Case
1959 · Director, Screenplay
movieGuinguette
1959 · Director
movieMaigret Sets a Trap
1958 · Director, Adaptation
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956 · Director
movieMarie-Antoinette Queen of France
1956 · Director, Writer
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieThe Little Rebels
1955 · Director, Screenplay
movieObsession
1954 · Director, Writer
movieThe Secrets of the Bed
1954 · Director, Screenplay
movieDaughters of Destiny
1954 · Director
movieNapoleon Road
1953 · Director
movieThe Moment of Truth
1952 · Director, Writer
movieSavage Triangle
1951 · Director, Adaptation
movieGod Needs Men
1950 · Director
movieThe Secret of Mayerling
1949 · Writer, Director
movieIn the Eyes of Memory
1948 · Writer, Director
movieThe Chips Are Down
1947 · Director
moviePastoral Symphony
1946 · Adaptation, Director
movieBlind Desire
1945 · Writer, Director
movieThe Hunchback
1944 · Director
movieThe Eternal Return
1943 · Director
movieL'assassin a peur la nuit
1942 · Director, Screenplay
movieGambling Hell
1942 · Director
movieFièvres
1942 · Director
moviePontcarral, Empire Colonel
1942 · Director
movieThe Black Diamond
1941 · Screenplay, Director
movieGolden Venus
1938 · Director
movieTamara la complaisante
1938 · Director
movieFeu!
1937 · Editor
movieClub de femmes
1936 · Assistant Director, Editor
movieThe King of the Champs-Élysées
1934 · Editor
Paris-Deauville
movieParis-Deauville
1934 · Director
movieThe Beautiful Sailor
1932 · Additional Storyboarding
movieLa Grande Passion
1928 · Patrick Bush