Léo Joannon
Directing
- Born
- August 21, 1904 · Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Died
- March 28, 1969 (age 64)
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.
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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.
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Known for
Robinson Crusoeland
October 17, 1951
Lovers of Paris
October 18, 1957
The Seven Deadly Sins
March 27, 1952
Les Arnaud
October 12, 1967
Whims
February 16, 1942
Assassin in the Phonebook
March 2, 1962
Confessions of a Newlywed
February 26, 1937
Amazons of Rome
March 24, 1961
Three Disordered Children
June 1, 1966
The Unfrocked One
February 26, 1954
What a Funny Kid!
May 17, 1935
L'Homme aux clés d'or
November 7, 1956
Behind the camera44
- 1967Les Arnaud Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
- 1966Three Disordered Children Director, Screenplay
- 1963Outpost in Indo-china Director
- 1962Assassin in the Phonebook Director, Adaptation
- 1961Amazons of Rome Screenplay
- 1958So Much Love Lost Writer, Director
- 1958The Desert of Pigalle Director
- 1957Lovers of Paris Writer
- 1956L'Homme aux clés d'or Director, Writer
- 1956Sister Angele's Secret