Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Filmography
1932 L’Eternelle Chanson (medium-length)
1933 Le Béguin de la Garnison (co-director with
Pierre Weill)
1934 Le Prince des Six Jours
1936 Je voudrais un joli Bateau (fi lmed song)
1942 La Femme que j’ai le plus aimée
1943 Le Comte de Monte-Cristo / Il Conte di Montecristo
/ USA: The Count of Monte Cristo (two
parts: “Edmond Dantès,” “Le Châtiment”;
France / Italy)
Arlette et l’Amour
1945 Le Père Goriot
1946 Le Capitan (two parts: “Flamberge au Vent,”
“Le Chevalier du Roi”; also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter)
1947 Au Porte du Monde saharien (documentary;
short)
1948 Le Fort de la Solitude
Emile l’Africain
1949 Fantômas contre Fantômas (also adapter)
1950 Plus de Vacances pour le Bon Dieu (also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)
Véronique
1951 Andalousie (also co-adapter)
1952 Ils sont dans les Vignes
1953 Quitte ou Double
1955 Le Comte de Monte-Cristo / Il tesoro di Montecristo
/ USA: The Count of Monte Cristo (two
parts: “La Trahison,” “La Vengeance”; also coscreenwriter,
co-adapter; shot in 1953–1954)
Sur le Banc
La Rue des Bouches peintes (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
1956 Ces Sacrées Vacances (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
Les Carottes sont cuites (also co-screenwriter)
Les Lumières du Soir (also co-screenwriter)
1957 Quelle Sacrée Soirée
Le Coin tranquille (also co-screenwriter)
Fumée blonde (also co-screenwriter)
1958 Madame et son Auto (also co-adapter)
1959 Drôles de Phénomènes (also co-adapter)
1960 Monsieur Suzuki / USA: The Versailles Affair (also
co-adapter)
Tête folle
L’U.R.S.S. à Cœur ouvert / Deux Heures en
U.R.S.S. (documentary; co-director with Roman
Karmen)
VERNEUIL, HENRI • 999
1961 Le Bourreau attendra / La fuga desesperada
(also co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Spain)
1965 Passeport diplomatique / Agent K8, Agente Tigre
sfi da infernale / USA: Operation Diplomatic Passport
(France / Italy)
Television Filmography
1963 L’Inspecteur Leclerc / L’Inspecteur Leclerc enquête
(episode “La Mariée”)
1965 Bob Morane / Les Aventures de Bob Morane
(episodes “Le Cheik masqué,” “Le Témoin,”
“Le Tigre des Lagunes,” also co-screenwriter;
“Rafales en Méditerranée”)
VERNER, JEAN-MICHEL
A former actor (1990 Il y a des Jours et des Lunes,
Claude Lelouch; 1991 Netchaïev est de Retour, Jacques
Deray; 1995 Les Misérables du Vingtième Siècle, Claude
Lelouch), he directed two unsuccessful comedies.
Filmography
1998 Cupidon a encore frappé: Quel Con! (short; also
screenwriter, dialogist, actor)
2001 Jeux de Cons (also co-screenwriter; shot in
1999)
2006 Célibataires (also screenwriter, actor)
VERNEUIL, HENRI (Achod Malakian / October
15, 1920, Rodosto, Turkey – January 11, 2002, Bagnolet,
Seine-Saint-Denis, France)
Of Armenian descent, he arrived in 1924 in Marseille,
France, with his parents, who fl ed Turkey and its
slaughters. Having trained at the Arts et Métiers, he
earned his diploma as a navy mechanical engineer.
Then he began his professional life as a journalist and
radio commentator. In 1946, he turned out his fi rst
short. After assisting director Robert Vernay (1950
Véronique), he shot his fi rst feature-length, starring
Fernandel, in 1951. He wrote a deeply moving autobiography
(1985 Mayrig, Editions Robert Laffont) and
a novel (1997 Le Cheval Vartan, Editions Omnibus).
Filmography
1947 Compositeurs et Chansons de Paris (short)
Avedis Aharomian, dernier Président arménien
(documentary; short)
Escale au Soleil (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
Rythmes de Paris (short; also screenwriter)