Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1993 Lola et quelques autres (13 10'; episodes 3
and 6)
1994 Histoire oubliée (documentary; segment “Les
Paras vietnamiens”)
LE BOMIN, GABRIEL
During his military duty in the army’s Cinematographic
Service, he used archives to shoot documentaries
on war-traumatized soldiers (from World War
I to the Gulf wars). These previous works inspired his
fi rst feature fi lm.
Filmography
1990 Entre Ciel et Mer (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1995 Les Egarés (short; also screenwriter)
2001 Le Puits (short; also producer, screenwriter)
2004 Prélude (short; also screenwriter)
2006 Les Fragments d’Antonin (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist)
LE BRET, PIERRE (September 5, 1944, Saint-Jeande-Mons,
Vendée, France–)
After studying letters, theater, and cinema at Nantes
and Paris (IDHEC), he became an editor and director
of documentaries (1972–1974), fi lm distributor
(1975–1985), and production manager and producer
of shorts and documentaries (1985–2000).
Filmography
1970 Sicilia, Sicilia (16-mm documentary; short)
1972 Cavalcades (16-mm documentary)
Agbeno Xevi (16-mm documentary; short)
1992 Les Yeux menteurs du Jour (short; also screenwriter)
2001 Bandits d’Amour (also co-screenwriter, codialogist;
shot in 1999)
LE CHANOIS, JEAN-PAUL (Jean-Paul Dreyfus /
October 25, 1909, Paris–July 8, 1985, Paris, France)
The son of a physician, he graduated with bachelor’s
degrees in law and philosophy and gave up his
medicine studies to earn his living as a sailor, factory
worker, traveling salesman, typographer, and waiter.
In 1930, he became a journalist and was secretary
of redaction of a review recently created by Jean-
Georges Auriol (La Revue du Cinéma). He entered
fi lms as an actor (1930 L’Âge d’Or, Luis Buñuel; 1931
Vive la Classe, short, Maurice Cammage; 1933 L’Affaire
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est dans le Sac, as Jean-Paul Dreyfus, Pierre Prévert)
before working as a location manager (1932 La Dame
de chez Maxim’s, Alexander Korda; Poil de Carotte /
USA: The Red Head, Julien Duvivier; 1933 La Tête d’un
Homme, Julien Duvivier; Paprika, Jean de Limur; 1934
La Châtelaine du Liban, Jean Epstein, Christian Matras;
Le Paquebot “Tenacity,” Julien Duvivier), assistant
director (1935 Koenigsmark / USA: Crimson Dynasty,
as Jean-Paul Dreyfus, Maurice Tourneur; L’Equipage
/ USA: Flight into Darkness, Anatole Litvak; 1938
La Marseillaise / UK: The Marseillaise, as Jean-Paul
Dreyfus, Jean Renoir; 1940 De Mayerling à Sarajevo /
UK: Sarajevo / USA: Mayerling to Sarajevo / US video:
From Mayerling to Sarajevo, as Jean-Paul Dreyfus, also
actor, Anatole Litvak), production manager (1936
Jeunes Filles de Paris, Claude Vermorel), editor (1937
Espana leal en armas, documentary, medium-length,
Luis Buñuel; 1941 Ceux du Ciel, Yvan Noé), screenwriter
(1942 Le Moussaillon, as screenwriter, adapter,
Jean Gourguet; Huit Hommes dans un Château, as
screenwriter, dialogist, Richard Pottier; 1943 Picpus,
as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Richard Pottier; La
Main du Diable / UK: The Devil’s Hand / USA: Carnival
of Sinners, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Maurice
Tourneur; Vingt-Cinq Années de Bonheur, as co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, René Jayet; 1944
Cécile est morte, as screenwriter, dialogist, Richard
Pottier; 1945 La Fille aux Yeux gris, as co-screenwriter,
Jean Faurez; 1946 Son Dernier Rôle, as screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, Jean Gourguet; 1947 Le Flirt, as author
of commentary, dialogist, actor, Claude Barma;
1948 L’Idole / US TV: The Idol, as adapter, dialogist,
Alexandre Esway; La Dame d’onze Heures, as screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist, Jean Devaivre; Impasse des
deux Anges, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Maurice
Tourneur; 1949 Fandango, as co-adapter, co-dialogist,
Emile-Edwin Reinert; Marlène, as screenwriter,
Pierre de Hérain; 1952 La Maison dans la Dune, as
dialogist, Georges Lampin; Jupiter ou Douze Heures
de Bonheur, as dialogist, Gilles Grangier; 1953 Alerte
au Sud / Allarme a Sud / UK: Alarm in Morocco / USA:
Alert in the South, as adapter, dialogist, Jean Devaivre,
France / Italy; 1955 Lola Montès / Lola Montez / USA:
The Sins of Lola Montes, as co-adapter, Max Ophüls,
France / West Germany; 1962 Horace 62 / Un appuntamento
per uccidere / La terribile notte / USA: The
Fabiani Affair, as co-adapter, André Versini, France /
Italy), and lyricist (1953 Opération Magali, Laszló V.
Kish). Autobiography: 1996 Le Temps des Cerises (Editions
Actes Sud).