Léo Joannon

WriterDirectorActorProducerArt Aug 21 (died age 64) Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France 1924–1967 (43 year career)

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Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

Robinson Crusoeland

Director

Film

Lovers of Paris

Writer

Film

The Seven Deadly Sins

Screenplay

Film

Whims

Director

Film

The Aristocrats

Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »

Film

Assassin in the Phonebook

Doctor Jousseaume

Film

Les Arnaud

Adaptation

Film

The Woman and the Puppet

Don Mateo's Friend

Filmography

Acting (10)

Movies (9)

Assassin in the Phonebook

1962

as Doctor Jousseaume

6.1

The Desert of Pigalle

as Maurice

A Girl in a Pocket

as Third employee

Sister Angele's Secret

1956

as Boss of the boat

L'Homme aux clés d'or

1956

as Maître Ballanger (uncredited)

5.5

The Aristocrats

1955

as Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »

6.4

Farewell, friends

1931

The Woman and the Puppet

1929

as Don Mateo's Friend

5.3

Iceland Fisherman

1924

6.7

Television (1)

Cinépanorama

1956

as Self

8.0

Crew (60)

Movies (60)

Les Arnaud

Adaptation

Les Arnaud

Director

Les Arnaud

Screenplay

Three Disordered Children

1966

Director

4.7

Three Disordered Children

1966

Screenplay

4.7

Outpost in Indo-china

1963

Director

6.3

Assassin in the Phonebook

1962

Adaptation

6.1

Assassin in the Phonebook

Director

Amazons of Rome

Screenplay

The Desert of Pigalle

1958

Director

3.7

So Much Love Lost

1958

Director

So Much Love Lost

1958

Writer

Lovers of Paris

1957

Writer

5.9

Sister Angele's Secret

1956

Director

Sister Angele's Secret

1956

Writer

L'Homme aux clés d'or

1956

Director

5.5

L'Homme aux clés d'or

1956

Writer

5.5

The Rebels of Lomanach

Writer

The Unfrocked One

Director

The Unfrocked One

Screenplay

Casta diva

Screenplay

Casta diva

Story

Drôle de noce

Director

Drôle de noce

Producer

Drôle de noce

Writer

The Seven Deadly Sins

Screenplay

Robinson Crusoeland

Director

Robinson Crusoeland

Story

Le 84 prend des vacances

1950

Director

1.0

Secret Documents

1945

Director

Children of Chaos

Director

Lucrèce

Director

The White Truck

Art Direction

The White Truck

1943

Director

Whims

Director

Whims

Screenplay

The Emigrant

Director

The Emigrant

Screenplay

Hell's Cargo

Story

S.O.S. Mediterranean

Director

S.O.S. Mediterranean

Story

De man zonder hart

Director

L'Homme sans cœur

1937

Director

Le Chanteur de minuit

1937

Director

Confessions of a Newlywed

1937

Director

5.0

Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue

1936

Director

4.0

Les Conquêtes de César

1936

Director

Klokslag twaalf

1936

Director

6.0

Quand minuit sonnera

1936

Director

Train de plaisir

1936

Director

4.0

Bibi-la-Purée

1935

Director

What a Funny Kid!

1935

Director

6.8

We Found a Naked Woman

1934

Director

5.0

600,000 francs per month

1933

Director

Suzanne

1932

Director

He has lost a bride

1932

Director

Durand versus Durand

1931

Director

Farewell, friends

1931

Director

On the voice of happiness

1931

Director

Fünf bange Tage

1928

Screenplay