Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Vallée). He appeared in two Argentinian fi lms (1958
Del cuplé al tango, Julio Saraceni, Argentina; 1963
Rata de Puerto, René Mugica, Argentina).
Filmography
1950 La Peau d’un Homme (also screenwriter, coadapter,
dialogist)
1955 Dix-Huit Heures d’Escale (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
1956 Les Aventures de Gil Blas de Santillane / Una
aventura de Gil Blas / USA: The Adventures of
Gil Blas (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist;
France / Spain)
1958 Un Certain Monsieur Jo (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
1960 Les Mordus (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)
1968 Les Enfants de Caïn (unreleased; Canada)
JOLY, MAX (Max Emiliand Joly / July 12, 1905,
Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France–September
29, 1987, Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, Haute-Savoie,
France)
A former stage actor and journalist, he taught dramatic
arts in his native town. He collaborated as a
screenwriter on two of Edmond T. Gréville’s fi lms
(1947 Pour une Nuit d’Amour / USA: Passionnelle, as
co-screenwriter, co-adapter; Le Diable souffl e / USA:
Woman of Evil, as screenwriter, adapter).
Filmography
1936 Aux Jardins de Murcie / USA: Heritage (codirector
with Marcel Gras; also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist; France / Spain)
1938 Cocktail (short)
1939 Descendons l’Avenue de la Grande Armée
(short)
1946 Vivre seul (short)
1948 La Trace (short)
1952 Eternel Espoir (also adapter)
JOSIPOVICI, JEAN (Jean-François Josipovici / August
8, 1914, Triel-Sur-Seine, Val-d’Oise, France–June
25, 1992, Rossano, Italy)
The son of a diplomat father, he grew up in Cairo,
where he was initiated into sufi sm and Coptic religion
at age fi fteen. A few years later, he returned to
France and, following philosopher Henri Bergson’s
advice, completed his studies at Aix-en-Provence
University. Having graduated in law and as a doctor of
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letters at age twenty-three with his thesis Fragments
de Vie intérieure, he published an essay (1939, Lettre
à Jean Giono, Grasset), a collection of short stories
(1945 Etrange comme la Vie, Editions des Deux Rives),
and a novel (1946 Bellecuisse, Editions des Deux
Rives). Also a playwright (1950 Docteur Hinterland), he
co-wrote three of Edmond T. Gréville’s movies (1945
Dorothée cherche l’Amour; 1947 Pour une Nuit d’Amour,
as co-dialogist; Le Diable souffl e, as co-adapter) and
two Italian productions (1953 L’uomo, la bestia e la
virtù / UK and USA: Man, Beast and Virtue, Steno =
Stefano Vanzina; 1972 Spara Joe . . . e cosi sia! / USA:
Joe Dakota / Shoot Joe, and Shoot Again, Emilio P. Miraglia).
Married to French actress Viviane Romance
(1912–1991), he directed her three times before
divorcing and moving to Italy. After working as an assistant
director to Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1960 Gli
amori di Ercole / Les Amours d’Hercule / USA: The Loves
of Hydra / US TV: Hercules vs the Hydra / Hercules and
the Hydra, Italy / France) and making a fi nal directing
effort, he studied Raja Yoga and created his own
therapy (transforming negative vibrations into a positive
energy). He still authored several esoteric books
that were published in Italy (1975 La prigione esoterica;
1976 Il fattore; 1977 Catarsi di Maria Maddalena; 1978
La scienza oscurantista; 1982 Iniziazione alla felicità;
1986 L’avventura spirituale di Anton Mesmer; 1987 Sotto
l’azzuro del tuo cielo; 1988 Suite).
Filmography
1954 La Chair et le Diable / Il fuoco nelle vene / USA:
Flesh and Desire (also screenwriter, France /
Italy)
1956 L’Inspecteur connaît la Musique (also screenwriter)
Pitié pour les Vamps (also screenwriter, producer)
1964 Delitto allo specchio / Les Possédées du Démon /
USA: Death on the Fourposter / Sexy Party (also
co-screenwriter; Italy / France)
JOUANNET, IRÈNE (Irène Elisabeth Denise Mitrani
/ June 29, 1945, Roanne, Loire, France–)
After earning a degree in literature, she was an assistant
director on several shorts directed by Christian
Tronquet, Michel Chancard, and Olivier Assayas.
Filmography
1984 L’Intrus (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1990 Final (short; also co-screenwriter)