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Henri Colpi
Brig, Valais, Switzerland
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 f…
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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 Marienbad (1961). He edited André Antoine's forgotten film L'Hirondelle et la Mésange (The Swallow and the Titmouse) to a 79-minute feature that premiered in 1984. Antoine initially shot six hours of footage. In addition to directing, editing, acting, sound recording, and a variety of functions in the post-War years, he was featured in a French television series, L'Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (The History of French Cinema By Those Who Made It) in 1974, and he continued to work into the 1990s.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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1995
Life Lesson
Movie
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1995
Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Movie Self
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1990
The Elegant Criminal
Movie The head of the prison
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1986
The Sacrifice
Movie Thanks
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1986
Le sphinx
Movie Editor
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1982
The Big Brother
Movie Editor
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1981
Fruits of Passion
Movie Editor
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1979
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
Movie Associate Producer
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1977
Bilitis
Movie Editor
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1975
Le Pèlerinage
TV show Director
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1973
Mysterious Island
TV show Director
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1973
The Mysterious Island
Movie Director
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1971
Rafael Kubelik A Portrait
Movie Director
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1970
Noële aux quatre vents
TV show Director
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1970
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Movie Director
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1969
Destroy, She Said
Movie Editor
More credits
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1969
Fortune
TV show Director
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1968
Thibaud ou les Croisades
TV show Director
- 1967
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1966
The Nameless Star
Movie Director
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1965
Entwürfe und Träume
Movie Editor
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1963
Codine
Movie Director
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1961
Last Year at Marienbad
Movie Editor
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1961
The Long Absence
Movie Director
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1960
Paris la belle
Movie Editor
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1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Movie Editor
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1959
Monsieur Tête
Movie Editor
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1958
Along the Coast
Movie Editor
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1958
The First Night
Movie Editor
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1958
Les hommes de la baleine
Movie Editor
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1958
The Sea and the Days
Movie Editor
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1957
A King in New York
Movie Assistant Editor
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1957
La Déroute
Movie Editor
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1957
Chères vieilles choses
Movie Editor
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1956
Night and Fog
Movie Sound Recordist
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1956
The Mystery of Picasso
Movie Editor
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