Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

973 joue gagnant (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)
1966 Via Macao / Via macau (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Portugal)
1967 Capitaine Singrid / I mercenary muoiono all’alba
/ Capitão Singrid / UK: Captain Singrid (also
co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy /
Portugal)
1968 Véridiquement vôtre (documentary; short)
Television Filmography
1974 Taxi de Nuit
LEENHARDT, ROGER (July 23, 1903, Montpellier,
Hérault, France–December 4, 1985, Paris, France)
After studying literature and philosophy at the
Sorbonne, he edited newsreels for Éclair Journal and
a few movies (1933 Crainquebille, Jacques de Baroncelli;
1934 En Crête sans les Dieux, short, René Zuber)
before producing and directing shorts. An infl uential
fi lm critic and theoretician, he published his texts
in Esprit, Les Lettre françaises, Les Cahiers du Cinéma,
Fontaine, and L’Ecran français and was the spiritual
father of the French New Wave. He collaborated as a
screenwriter on several movies (1946 L’Amour autour
de la Maison, as screenwriter, adapter, co-dialogist,
Pierre de Hérain; La Flûte magique, animated short,
Paul Grimault), played small parts in fi lms (1948 Aller
et Retour, short, Alexandre Astruc; 1964 Une Femme
mariée: Suite de fragments d’un Film tourné en 1964,
Jean-Luc Godard; 1977 L’Homme qui aimait les Femmes
/ USA: The Man Who Loved Women, François Truffaut),
produced (1960 Demain Paris, Michel Boschet, André
Martin; Patamorphose / Le Désespoir du Peintre,
Michel Boschet, André Martin; 1962 Les Roses de la
Vie, Paul Vecchiali; 1980 Alexeïeff et Claire Parker réalisant
“Trois Thèmes,” also distributor), released shorts
(1972 Tableaux d’une Exposition, Alexandre Alexeïeff,
Claire Parker; Trois Thèmes, Alexandre Alexeïeff, Claire
Parker), and appeared as himself in TV documentaries
(1965 Cinéastes de notre Temps, documentary, episode
“Roger Leenhardt ou Le Dernier Humaniste,” André
S. Labarthe; 1966 Cinéastes de notre Temps, documentary,
episode “Marcel Pagnol ou Le Cinéma tel qu’on
le parle,” André S. Labarthe; 1974 Histoire du Cinéma
français par ceux qui l’ont fait, Armand Panigel). Books:
1979 Les Yeux ouverts: entretiens avec Jean Lacouture
(Le Seuil); 1986 Chroniques de Cinéma / Roger Leenhardt
(Editions de l’Etoile: Cahiers du Cinéma).
LEENHARDT, ROGER • 617
Filmography
1934 Le Tapis moqueur (documentary; short)
1937 R.N. 37 (documentary; short)
1938 La Course au Pétrole (documentary; short)
Revêtements routiers (documentary; short)
1940 Fêtes de France (documentary; short; codirector
with René Zuber)
1943 Le Chant des Ondes (documentary; short)
A la Poursuite du Vent (documentary; short)
Suite française (documentary; short)
1945 Le Chantier des Ruines (short)
Lettre de Paris (short)
1946 Naissance du Cinéma (medium-length; documentary;
also screenwriter)
Départs pour l’Allemagne (documentary;
short)
1947 Reconstruction des Ponts routiers (documentary;
short)
1948 Les Dernières Vacances / USA: The Last Vacation
(also screenwriter, adapter, co-dialogist)
La Côte d’Azur (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)
Entrez dans la Danse (documentary; short)
1949 Le Pain de Barbarie (documentary; short)
Sur la Côte d’Azur (documentary; short)
1951 Victor Hugo (documentary; co-director with G.
Gerber; short; also screenwriter)
1952 Du Charbon et des Hommes (documentary;
short)
La France est un Jardin (documentary; short)
1953 Ordinations (documentary; medium-length)
1954 François Mauriac (documentary; mediumlength)
Louis Capet (documentary; medium-length; codirector
with Jean-Pierre Vivet)
1955 Le Bruit (documentary; short)
La Conquête de l’Angleterre (documentary;
short)
La Fugue de Mahmoud (short; also cinematographer;
shot in 1950)
1956 Notre Sang (short; also screenwriter)
1957 Jean-Jacques (documentary; short)
1958 Bâtir à notre Âge (documentary; short)
Daumier (documentary; short; co-director
with Henri Sarrade; also screenwriter)
En plein Midi (short; co-director with Sidney
Jézéquel)
Paris et le Désert français (documentary;
short)