Jean Delannoy

Biography

Jean Delannoy (12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director. Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was 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, and settled first in Wallonia. Afterwards, their name became De la Noye and then Delano, who were on the second ship to immigrate to Plymouth, Massachusetts. He 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 Delannoy received an Honorary César Award. Delannoy died on 18 June 2008, at the age of 100. Source: Article "Jean Del…

Directed

1. Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) — Director
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) — Director
3. Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959) — Director
4. This Special Friendship (1964) — Director
5. Action Man (1967) — Director
6. The Baron of the Locks (1960) — Director
7. The Eternal Return (1943) — Director
8. Princess of Cleves (1961) — Director
9. The Little Rebels (1955) — Director
10. Pastoral Symphony (1946) — Director
11. The Moment of Truth (1952) — Director
12. Bernadette (1988) — Director
13. Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) — Director
14. The Chips Are Down (1947) — Director
15. Obsession (1954) — Director
16. Marie-Antoinette Queen of France (1956) — Director
17. Le Majordome (1965) — Director
18. In the Eyes of Memory (1948) — Director
19. Gambling Hell (1942) — Director
20. Savage Triangle (1951) — Director
21. The Sultans (1966) — Director
22. Only the Cool (1970) — Director
23. L'assassin a peur la nuit (1942) — Director
24. Imperial Venus (1962) — Director
25. Pontcarral, Empire Colonel (1942) — Director
26. Guinguette (1959) — Director
27. God Needs Men (1950) — Director
28. Not Dumb, the Bird (1972) — Director
29. Rendezvous (1961) — Director
30. Daughters of Destiny (1954) — Director
31. The Double Bed (1965) — Director
32. The Passion of Bernadette (1990) — Director
33. Mary of Nazareth (1995) — Director
34. The Secret of Mayerling (1949) — Director
35. Blind Desire (1945) — Director
36. The Secrets of the Bed (1954) — Director
37. Napoleon Road (1953) — Director
38. The Hunchback (1944) — Director
39. Fièvres (1942) — Director
40. Golden Venus (1938) — Director

Also appeared in

1. La Grande Passion (1928) — Patrick Bush
2. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
3. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
4. Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim (2012) — Self
5. Jean Cocteau, cinéaste (2001) — Self