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Léo Joannon
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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 journal…
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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 died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Source: Article "Léo Joannon" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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1967
Les Arnaud
Movie Director
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1966
Three Disordered Children
Movie Director
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1963
Outpost in Indo-china
Movie Director
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1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
Movie Doctor Jousseaume
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1961
Amazons of Rome
Movie Screenplay
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1958
So Much Love Lost
Movie Writer
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1958
The Desert of Pigalle
Movie Maurice
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1957
A Girl in a Pocket
Movie Third employee
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1957
Lovers of Paris
Movie Writer
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1956
L'Homme aux clés d'or
Movie Maître Ballanger (uncredited)
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1956
Sister Angele's Secret
Movie Boss of the boat
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1956
Cinépanorama
TV show Self
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1955
The Aristocrats
Movie Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »
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1954
Casta diva
Movie Screenplay
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1954
The Rebels of Lomanach
Movie Writer
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1954
The Unfrocked One
Movie Director
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1952
Drôle de noce
Movie Producer
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1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie Screenplay
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1951
Robinson Crusoeland
Movie Director
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1950
Le 84 prend des vacances
Movie Director
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1945
Secret Documents
Movie Director
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1944
Children of Chaos
Movie Director
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1943
Lucrèce
Movie Director
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1943
The White Truck
Movie Art Direction
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1942
Whims
Movie Director
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1940
The Emigrant
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Hell's Cargo
Movie Story
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1938
S.O.S. Mediterranean
Movie Director
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1937
Le Chanteur de minuit
Movie Director
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1937
De man zonder hart
Movie Director
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1937
L'Homme sans cœur
Movie Director
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1937
Confessions of a Newlywed
Movie Director
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1936
Quand minuit sonnera
Movie Director
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1936
Klokslag twaalf
Movie Director
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1936
Excursion Train
Movie Director
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1936
Les Conquêtes de César
Movie Director
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1936
Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue
Movie Director
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1935
What a Funny Kid!
Movie Director
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1935
Bibi-la-Purée
Movie Director
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1934
We Found a Naked Woman
Movie Director
