Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

the Wolves; 1927 Le Joueur d’Echecs / USA: The Chess
Player; 1930 Tarakanova).
Filmography
1930 Cendrillon de Paris
1931 Mondanités (short)
La Fortune
1932 Aux Urnes, Citoyens!
1932 Paris-Soleil
HENNION, ROBERT (February 17, 1898, Colombes,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–January 18, 1984,
Paris, France)
A former assistant to director Maurice de Canonge
(1939 Thérèse Martin, also co-dialogist, editor; Les Trois
Tambours), he directed mainly comedies.
Filmography
1947 Ploum Ploum Tra La
1948 Et Dix de der
Les Souvenirs ne sont pas à vendre / USA: Sextette
(also co-adapter)
1949 L’Atomique Monsieur Placido
1951 L’Alsace d’Hier et Demain (documentary,
short)
HENRY, CLARISSA and HILLEL, MARC
A French journalist, Marc Hillel investigated for three
years with his German wife (Clarissa Henry) on the
Lebensborn (“Founts of Life”) founded by Heinrich
Himmler in order to create a race of blue-eyed and
blond-haired Aryans. The fruits of their researches
were a documentary and a book (1975 Au Nom de la
Race, Editions Fayard, Paris).
Filmography
1975 Au Nom de la Race (documentary; also screenwriter)
HENRY-JACQUES (April 2, 1920, Paris, France–)
Filmography
1947 L’Arche de Noé / USA: Noah’s Ark
1955 Le Médecin malgré lui / Toubib el affi a (France /
Egypt / Morocco; unreleased in France)
1967 Sexy Gang (also dialogist)
HÉRAIN, PIERRE DE (Pierre Paul Henri Deherain
/ July 24, 1904, Avilly-Saint-Léonard, Oise, France–
September 25, 1972, Paris, France)
The son of painter François de Hérain (1877–1962),
he was the stepson of Marshal Pétain. He was successively
an assistant director (1934 Itto, Marie Epstein,
Jean Benoît-Lévy; Divine, Max Ophüls), editor (1937
Forfaiture, Marcel L’Herbier; 1940 Tempête / Tempête
sur Paris, Bernard-Deschamps), and director.
Filmography
1943 Monsieur des Lourdines
1945 Paméla
1947 L’Amour autour de la Maison
1948 Le Mannequin assassiné
1949 Marlène
HERBULOT, BRUNO • 501
HERBULOT, BRUNO (November 4, 1955, Neuillysur-Seine,
Hauts-de-Seine, France–)
From 1979 to 1983, he taught French literature and
philosophy in various high schools. In 1984, he landed
a job as an apprentice assistant director (1984 Rive
droite, Rive gauche, also actor, Philippe Labro). A second
assistant director to Jean-Loup Hubert (1984 La
Smala), André Téchiné (1985 Rendez-Vous / US video:
André Téchiné’s Rendez-Vous; 1986 Le Lieu du Crime /
UK and USA: Scene of the Crime), Claude Miller (1985
L’Effrontée / UK and USA: Charlotte and Lulu / Impudent
Girl), and Edouard Niermans (1987 Poussière d’Ange),
he also co-wrote a handful of movies (2001 De
toute Urgence, Philippe Tréboit; La Beauté sur la Terre,
Antoine Plantevin, France / Switzerland; 2002 Tangos
volés / Tangos robados, Eduardo de Gregorio, France /
Spain; 2005 The Ikaro’s Dream, Costa Natsis, Greece;
L’Homme pressé, Sébastien Grall).
Filmography
1988 Justement Schubert (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1989 Comme d’habitude (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1990 Dernier Tour (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1992 Juste avant l’Orage (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1997 Bonjour (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
2005 La Cloche a sonné (co-director with Adeline
Lecallier)
Television Filmography
1994 Pas si grand que ça (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1995 Les Cordier, Juge et Flic (episode “Refaire sa
Vie”)
1996 L’Île aux secrets (also screenwriter, dialogist)