Jean Delannoy

Director: Jean Delannoy

Born: Jan 12, 1908 in Noisy-le-Sec, France
Died: Jun 18, 2008
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor
Active: '30s-'60s
Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: Obsession, Macao, L'enfer du Jeu, La Symphonie Pastorale
First Major Screen Credit: Paris Deauville (1933)

Biography

Jean Delannoy was attending Paris University when he decided to follow the example of his sister, actress Henriette Delannoy, and seek out work in silent films. After acting in a handful of pictures, Delannoy became the chief editor at Paramount's Paris studios. He then turned director on such short subjects as Une vocation irresistable (1934) and L'ecole des detectives (1934), moving into features with 1935's Paris-Deauville. More popular with the public than with critics, Delannoy nonetheless won the Cannes festival Grand Prix award for his direction of La Symphonie Pastorale (1946); he later shared a Venice festival award for Dieu a Besoin des Hommes (1950). After delving into romanticism in his films of the 1930s and 1940s, Delannoy settled into standard melodramas and costume productions. Delannoy retreated to television in the 1970s, making a full-fledged return to theatrical features in his 80th year. In 1975, Jean Delannoy became president of the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinemotographiques, a prestigious French film school. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Jean Delannoy
Born	January 12, 1908(1908-01-12) Noisy-le-Sec, Île-de-France, France
Died	June 18, 2008 (aged 100) Guainville, Eure-et-Loir, France
Occupation	Actor, film editor, screenwriter, film director
Years active	1927 – 1995

Jean Delannoy (January 12, 1908 – June 18, 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.

Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family is 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 first to settle in Wallonia then, after their name became De la Noye and then Delano, were on the second ship to emigrate to Plymouth, Massachusetts in America.

Jean Delannoy 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, his film, Maigret tend un piège was nominated for a BAFTA award for "Best Film from any Source."

In recognition of his long service to the French motion picture industry, in 1986 Jean Delannoy was given an Honorary César Award.

Delannoy died of old age on June 18, 2008, at the age of 100.

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Partial filmography

Paris-Deauville (1934)
Club de femmes (1936) (assistant director)
La Vénus de l'or (1937)
Macao, l'enfer du jeu (1942)
L'Eternel Retour (1943)
La Part de l'ombre (1945)
La symphonie pastorale (1946)
Les jeux sont faits (1947)
Aux yeux du souvenir (1948)
Le Secret de Mayerling (1949)
Dieu a besoin des hommes (1950)
La Minute de vérité (1952)
Destinées (1954)
Obsession (1954)
Marie-Antoinette reine de France (1956)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (French title: Notre Dame de Paris) (1957)
Maigret tend un piège (1958)
Venere Imperiale (1963)
Les amitiés particulières (1964)
Le Lit a Deux Places (1965)
Le Majordome (1965)
Le Lit à deux places (1966)
Les Sultans (1966)
Le Soleil des Voyous (1967)
La Peau de torpedo (1970)
Pas folle la guêpe (1972)
Bernadette (1988)
La Passion de Bernadette (1989)
Marie De Nazareth (1995)

External links

Jean Delannoy at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Delannoy, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor, film editor, screenwriter, film director
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Noisy-le-Sec,Île-de-France, France
DATE OF DEATH	June 18, 2008
PLACE OF DEATH

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