Léo Joannon
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 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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Movies (48)
Les Arnaud
Director (Directing)
1967
Three Disordered Children
Director (Directing)
1966
Outpost in Indo-china
Director (Directing)
1963
Assassin in the Phonebook
as Doctor Jousseaume
1962
Amazons of Rome
Screenplay (Writing)
1961
So Much Love Lost
Writer (Writing)
1958
The Desert of Pigalle
as Maurice
1958
A Girl in a Pocket
as Third employee
1957
Lovers of Paris
Writer (Writing)
1957
L'Homme aux clés d'or
as Maître Ballanger (uncredited)
1956
Sister Angele's Secret
as Boss of the boat
1956
The Aristocrats
as Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »
1955
Casta diva
Story (Writing)
1954
The Rebels of Lomanach
Writer (Writing)
1954
The Unfrocked One
Director (Directing)
1954
Drôle de noce
Writer (Writing)
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
Screenplay (Writing)
1952
Robinson Crusoeland
Director (Directing)
1951
Le 84 prend des vacances
Director (Directing)
1950
Secret Documents
Director (Directing)
1945
Children of Chaos
Director (Directing)
1944
Lucrèce
Director (Directing)
1943
The White Truck
Art Direction (Art)
1943
Whims
Director (Directing)
1942
The Emigrant
Screenplay (Writing)
1940
Hell's Cargo
Story (Writing)
1939
S.O.S. Mediterranean
Director (Directing)
1938
Le Chanteur de minuit
Director (Directing)
1937
De man zonder hart
Director (Directing)
1937
L'Homme sans cœur
Director (Directing)
1937
Confessions of a Newlywed
Director (Directing)
1937
Quand minuit sonnera
Director (Directing)
1936
Klokslag twaalf
Director (Directing)
1936
Train de plaisir
Director (Directing)
1936
Les Conquêtes de César
Director (Directing)
1936
Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue
Director (Directing)
1936
What a Funny Kid!
Director (Directing)
1935
Bibi-la-Purée
Director (Directing)
1935
We Found a Naked Woman
Director (Directing)
1934
600,000 francs per month
Director (Directing)
1933
He has lost a bride
Director (Directing)
1932
Suzanne
Director (Directing)
1932
Durand versus Durand
Director (Directing)
1931
On the voice of happiness
Director (Directing)
1931
Farewell, friends
1931
The Woman and the Puppet
as Don Mateo's Friend
1929
Fünf bange Tage
Screenplay (Writing)
1928
Iceland Fisherman
1924
