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Émile Chautard

Émile Chautard

Actor · Born 1864-09-06 · Paris, France

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Biography

Émile Chautard (7 September 1864 – 24 April 1934) was a French-American film director, actor, and screenwriter, most active in the silent era. He directed 107 films between 1910 and 1924. He also appeared in 66 films between 1911 and 1934. Chautard was born in Paris. After a significant career beginning as a stage actor at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and moving up to the head of film production at Éclair Films' Paris studio in 1913, Chautard emigrated to the United States around 1914. From 1914 to about 1918, Chautard worked for the World Film Company based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At World, along with a group of other French-speaking film technicians including Maurice Tourneur, Léonce Perret, George Archainbaud, Albert Capellani and Lucien Andriot, he developed such films as the 1915 version of Camille, and taught a young apprentice film cutter at the World studio: Josef von Sternberg. In 1919 Chautard hired von Sternberg as his assistant director for The Mystery of the Yellow Room, for his own short-lived production company. Choosing Hollywood over a return to France, Chautard went to work for Famous Players-Lasky and other studios. He received some high-profile assignments, f…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Shanghai Express (1932) — Major Lenard
  2. Design for Living (1933) — Train Conductor (uncredited)
  3. Morocco (1930) — French General (uncredited)
  4. Blonde Venus (1932) — Chautard, Cabaret Manager in France (uncredited)
  5. 7th Heaven (1927) — Father Chevillon
  6. Wonder Bar (1934) — Pierre (uncredited)
  7. The Yellow Ticket (1931) — Headwaiter
  8. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) — Anatol
  9. The Common Law (1931) — Doorman (uncredited)
  10. The Three Musketeers (1933) — Gen. Pelletier
  11. Marianne (1929) — Père Joseph
  12. Upstream (1927) — Campbell-Mandare
  13. The Solitaire Man (1933) — French Hotel Clerk
  14. Lilac Time (1928) — The Mayor
  15. The Devil's in Love (1933) — Father Carmion
  16. The Man from Yesterday (1932) — Priest
  17. The Road to Reno (1931) — Andre
  18. Just Like Heaven (1930) — Dulac
  19. Cock of the Air (1932) — French Ambassador
  20. The Noose (1928) — Priest
  21. Now We're in the Air (1927) — Monsieur Chelaine
  22. The California Trail (1933) — Don Marco Ramirez
  23. A Man from Wyoming (1930) — French Mayor
  24. The Little Cafe (1931) — Philibert
  25. Paris at Midnight (1926) — Père Goriot
  26. Man of Two Worlds (1934) — Natkusiak
  27. Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926) — Director
  28. Estrellados (1930)
  29. The bluffer (1932) — Oscar Brown
  30. Sweeping Against the Winds (1930)
  31. The Green Specter (1930) — Abdoul
  32. Whispering Sage (1927) — José Arastrade
  33. Blonde or Brunette (1927) — Father-in-Law
  34. The Trial of Mary Dugan (1931)
  35. Tiger Rose (1929) — Frenchman
  36. The Big Trail (1931) — Padre
  37. Caught in the Fog (1928) — The Old Man
  38. Adoration (1928) — Murajev
  39. House of Horror (1929) — Old Miser
  40. The Big House (1931) — Pop

Directed

  1. The Fires of Youth (1917) — Director
  2. The Heart of a Hero (1916) — Director
  3. Hearts and Eyes (1911) — Director
  4. Whispering Shadows (1921) — Director
  5. Daytime Wives (1923) — Director
  6. The Mystery of Notre-Dame de Paris (1912) — Director
  7. A Cashier's Novel (1914) — Director
  8. The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919) — Director
  9. Paid in Full (1919) — Director
  10. His Parisian Wife (1919) — Director
  11. The Marriage Price (1919) — Director
  12. Eyes of the Soul (1919) — Director
  13. Out of the Shadow (1919) — Director
  14. Chicot the Jester (1913) — Director
  15. The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1913) — Director
  16. The Eaglet (1913) — Director
  17. The Horrors of War (1914) — Director
  18. Eugénie Grandet (1910) — Director
  19. Forsaking All Others (1922) — Director
  20. Living Lies (1922) — Director
  21. Untamed Youth (1924) — Director
  22. The Black Panther's Cub (1921) — Director
  23. Youth to Youth (1922) — Director
  24. The Marionettes (1918) — Director
  25. The Glory of Clementina (1922) — Director
  26. Love's Crucible (1916) — Director
  27. Under the Greenwood Tree (1918) — Director
  28. The Eternal Temptress (1917) — Director
  29. The Web of Desire (1917) — Director
  30. Under False Colors (1917) — Director
  31. Forget-Me-Not (1917) — Director
  32. The Family Honor (1917) — Director
  33. The Boss (1915) — Director
  34. Dog and Wolf (1911) — Director
  35. The Spoiled Sparrows (1913) — Director
  36. Magda (1917) — Director
  37. Le chiffonnier de Paris (1913) — Director
  38. All Man (1916) — Director
  39. Sudden Riches (1916) — Director
  40. The Little Dutch Girl (1915) — Director