Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

506 • HEYNEMANN, LAURENT
Montez / UK: The Fall of Lola Montes / USA: The Sins
of Lola Montes, Max Ophüls, France / West Germany;
1958 Premier Mai / Le Père et l’Enfant / Festa di maggio
/ USA: Man to Man Talk / The First Day of May, Luis
Saslavsky, France / Italy) and created a TV series (1971
Madame, êtes-vous libre?, 13 26', Jean-Paul Le Chanois,
France / West Germany). While directing his own
fi lms, he worked as an artistic director (1934 J’ai une
Idée, Roger Richebé; 1935 Minuit, Place Pigalle, Roger
Richebé), production director (1935 Le Disque 413 /
Symphonie d’Amour, Richard Pottier), technical adviser
(1940 Paris-New York, Yves Mirande), and production assistant
(1949 Fabiola / UK: The Fighting Gladiator / USA:
Fabiola, Alessandro Blasetti, Italy). He shot his last fi lm
in 1951 but remained a production manager (1961
Auguste, Pierre Chevalier; 1963 La Cuisine au Beurre /
La cucina al burro / UK and USA: My Wife’s Husband,
Gilles Grangier, France / Italy; 1970 La Mort trouble / De
Onrustige Dood, Claude d’Anna, France / Belgium) and
associate producer (1975 Section spéciale / L’affare della
sezione speciale / Sondertribunal—Jefer kämpft für sich allein
/ UK and USA: Special Section, Costa-Gavras, France
/ Italy / West Germany). He played a supporting role in
Tirez sur le Pianiste / UK: Shoot the Pianist / USA: Shoot
the Piano Player (François Truffaut, France / Italy).
Filmography
1930 La Meilleure Bobonne (short; co-director with
Marc Allégret)
1931 L’Amour à l’Américaine / USA: American Love
(supervised by Pàl Fejös)
1932 Comme une Carpe (short)
L’Amour en Vitesse (French-language version of
Johannes Guter’s Die Vier vom Bob 13; Germany
/ France)
A moi le Jour, à toi la Nuit (French-language version
of Ludwig Berger’s Ich bei Tag und Du bei
Nacht; Germany)
1933 Idylle au Caire (French-language version of
Reinhold Schünzel’s Saison in Kairo; Germany
/ France)
1934 Deux Balles au Cœur (short)
1936 Jeunesse d’abord (co-director with Jean Stelli)
Les Jumeaux de Brighton
1937 L’Île des Veuves
1951 La Belle Image (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-dialogist)
Victor (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
1952 Magazine de Paris (short; also screenwriter)
Adieu Paris (also co-adapter)
1954 Anatole chéri (shot in 1951)
HEYNEMANN, LAURENT (November 9, 1948,
Paris, France–)
He was refused entry to the IDHEC but soon became
an assistant director (1972 L’Humour vagabonde, Edouard
Luntz; 1973 R.A.S. / R.A.S. nulla de segnalare, Yves
Boisset, France / Italy / Tunisia; 1974 Les Guichets du
Louvre / USA: Black Thursday, Michel Mitrani; L’Horloger
de Saint-Paul / UK: The Watchmaker of St. Paul / USA: The
Clockmaker of St. Paul, Bertrand Tavernier; 1975 Folle à
tuer / Una donna da uccidere, Yves Boisset, France /
Italy; 1976 Der Fangschuss / Le Coup de Grâce / USA:
Coup de Grace, Volker Schloendorff, West Germany /
France). He co-wrote two fi lms (1979 Rien ne va plus
/ USA: Out of Whack, Jean-Michel Ribes; 1984 La Garce,
Christine Pascal) and three of Caroline Huppert’s TV
movies (1979 Madame Sourdis; 1981 Le Bonheur des
Tristes; 1982 L’Apprentissage de la Ville). Other credits
(as actor): 1981 L’Homme fragile (Claire Clouzot); 2004
Le Fantôme d’Henri Langlois / UK:Henri Langlois: The
Phantom of the Cinémathèque / USA: Henri Langlois: The
Phantom of the Cinematheque (documentary; as himself;
Jacques Richard); 2008 Mémoires du Cinéma français, de
la Libération à nos Jours (video documentary; as himself;
Hubert Niogret); (as technical adviser): 1986 L’Unique
(Jérôme Diamant-Berger).
Filmography
1977 La Question / USA: The Question (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)
1979 Le Mors aux Dents (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1981 Il faut tuer Birgit Haas / USA: Birgit Haas Must
Be Killed (also co-screenwriter,co-adapter, codialogist;
France / West Germany)
1983 Stella (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1987 Les Mois d’Avril sont meurtriers (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1990 Faux et Usage de Faux (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
1991 La Vieille qui marchait dans la Mer / UK and
USA: The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (also
co-adapter)
1994 3000 Scénarios contre un Virus (segment “Mort
d’un Couple”)
2001 Un Aller simple (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
Television Filmography
1982 De bien étranges Affaires (episode “L’Amour
qui tue”)