- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 21, 1904
- Place of Birth
- Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Died
- March 28, 1969
Léo Joannon
Léo Joannon (21 August 1904 – 28 March 1969) was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman. Joannon first attracted international attention in early 1939 during the production of S.O.S. Mediterranean, when his attempts to include shots of a German naval ship docked in the port of Tangier created a diplomatic incident between the pre-World War II French and German governments. The film later won the Grand Prix du Cinema Français. Joannon is best known to international audiences as the director of the comedy film Atoll K (1951), which was the final motion picture starring the legendary comedic double act Laurel and Hardy. Among his other better-known films were Le Defroqué (1954) and Fort du Fou (Outpost in Indochina) (1962). Joannon d…
Filmography
movieLes Arnaud
1967 · Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
movieThree Disordered Children
1966 · Director, Screenplay
movieOutpost in Indo-china
1963 · Director
movieAssassin in the Phonebook
1962 · Doctor Jousseaume, Director, Adaptation
movieAmazons of Rome
1961 · Screenplay
movieSo Much Love Lost
1958 · Writer, Director
movieThe Desert of Pigalle
1958 · Maurice, Director
movieA Girl in a Pocket
1957 · Third employee
movieLovers of Paris
1957 · Writer
movieL'Homme aux clés d'or
1956 · Maître Ballanger (uncredited), Director, Writer
movieSister Angele's Secret
1956 · Boss of the boat, Writer, Director
tvCinépanorama
1956 · Self
movieThe Aristocrats
1955 · Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »
movieCasta diva
1954 · Story, Screenplay
movieThe Rebels of Lomanach
1954 · Writer
movieThe Unfrocked One
1954 · Director, Screenplay
movieDrôle de noce
1952 · Writer, Producer, Director
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · Screenplay
movieRobinson Crusoeland
1951 · Director, Story
movieLe 84 prend des vacances
1950 · Director
movieSecret Documents
1945 · Director
movieChildren of Chaos
1944 · Director
Lucrèce
movieLucrèce
1943 · Director
The White Truck
movieThe White Truck
1943 · Art Direction, Director
movieWhims
1942 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Emigrant
1940 · Screenplay, Director
Hell's Cargo
movieHell's Cargo
1939 · Story
movieS.O.S. Mediterranean
1938 · Director, Story
movieLe Chanteur de minuit
1937 · Director
movieDe man zonder hart
1937 · Director
movieL'Homme sans cœur
1937 · Director
movieConfessions of a Newlywed
1937 · Director
Quand minuit sonnera
movieQuand minuit sonnera
1936 · Director
movieKlokslag twaalf
1936 · Director
movieTrain de plaisir
1936 · Director
movieLes Conquêtes de César
1936 · Director
movieMais n'te promène donc pas toute nue
1936 · Director
movieWhat a Funny Kid!
1935 · Director
Bibi-la-Purée
movieBibi-la-Purée
1935 · Director
movieWe Found a Naked Woman
1934 · Director
movie600,000 francs per month
1933 · Director
movieHe has lost a bride
1932 · Director
movieSuzanne
1932 · Director
movieDurand versus Durand
1931 · Director
On the voice of happiness
movieOn the voice of happiness
1931 · Director
Farewell, friends
movieFarewell, friends
1931 · , Director
movieThe Woman and the Puppet
1929 · Don Mateo's Friend
Fünf bange Tage
movieFünf bange Tage
1928 · Screenplay
movieIceland Fisherman
1924