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.

Directed

1. Robinson Crusoeland (1951) — Director
2. Les Arnaud (1967) — Director
3. Whims (1942) — Director
4. Assassin in the Phonebook (1962) — Director
5. Confessions of a Newlywed (1937) — Director
6. Three Disordered Children (1966) — Director
7. The Unfrocked One (1954) — Director
8. L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956) — Director
9. Children of Chaos (1944) — Director
10. What a Funny Kid! (1935) — Director
11. The Desert of Pigalle (1958) — Director
12. Outpost in Indo-china (1963) — Director
13. S.O.S. Mediterranean (1938) — Director
14. We Found a Naked Woman (1934) — Director
15. Lucrèce (1943) — Director
16. The Emigrant (1940) — Director
17. Train de plaisir (1936) — Director
18. Le 84 prend des vacances (1950) — Director
19. Drôle de noce (1952) — Director
20. Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue (1936) — Director
21. Klokslag twaalf (1936) — Director
22. De man zonder hart (1937) — Director
23. Quand minuit sonnera (1936) — Director
24. Le Chanteur de minuit (1937) — Director
25. L'Homme sans cœur (1937) — Director
26. Farewell, friends (1931) — Director
27. Bibi-la-Purée (1935) — Director
28. 600,000 francs per month (1933) — Director
29. Suzanne (1932) — Director
30. Durand versus Durand (1931) — Director
31. He has lost a bride (1932) — Director
32. Secret Documents (1945) — Director
33. Sister Angele's Secret (1956) — Director
34. The White Truck (1943) — Director
35. So Much Love Lost (1958) — Director
36. Les Conquêtes de César (1936) — Director
37. On the voice of happiness (1931) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Woman and the Puppet (1929) — Don Mateo's Friend
2. Assassin in the Phonebook (1962) — Doctor Jousseaume
3. The Aristocrats (1955) — Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »
4. A Girl in a Pocket (1957) — Third employee
5. L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956) — Maître Ballanger (uncredited)
6. The Desert of Pigalle (1958) — Maurice
7. Iceland Fisherman (1924)
8. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
9. Farewell, friends (1931)
10. Sister Angele's Secret (1956) — Boss of the boat