Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1020 • WYN, MICHEL
fi rst talkies, performed mostly by coarse comedian
Bach (1882–1953).
Filmography
1913 Les Déboires de Snob (short)
Les Fiançailles de Snob (short)
Le Rendez-vous de Snob (short)
Snob Bureaucrate par Amour (short)
Snob Dompteur d’Occasion (short)
Snob en Vacances (short)
Snob fait l’Ouverture de la Chasse (short)
Snob Maître-Nageur (short)
Snob mélomane (short)
Snob Proprio (short)
Snob Villégiature (short)
1914 Le Rêve de Snob (short)
Le Rival de Snob / Une Rivale de Snob (short)
Snob Boxeur (short)
Snob Chef de Bureau (short)
Snob est distrait (short)
Snob et le Mystère de la Perle noire (short)
Snob et le Parapluie ensorcelé (short)
Snob reçoit son Chef de Bureau (short)
Snob renouvelle le Tango (short)
Le Truc de Snob (short)
1920 Une Nuit agitée (short; co-director with Alfred
Machin)
1921 Pervenche (co-director with Alfred Machin;
also co-screenwriter)
1923 Moi aussi, j’accuse (co-director with Alfred
Machin)
Les Héritiers de l’Oncle James / Les Millions de
l’Oncle James (co-director with Alfred Machin;
also co-screenwriter)
1924 L’Enigme du Mont Agel (co-director with Alfred
Machin; also co-screenwriter)
1925 Le Nègre blanc (co-director with Nicolas
Rimsky)
Le Cœur des Gueux (co-director with Alfred
Machin)
1930 Elle veut faire du Cinéma (short)
1931 La Prison en Folie
En Bordée (co-director with Joe Francis)
L’Affaire Blaireau
1932 Le Champion du Régiment (also screenwriter,
adapter)
1933 L’Enfant de ma Sœur
Bach Millionnaire
Tire au Flanc
1934 Le Train de 8h47
Sidonie Panache (two medium-lengths: “Sidonie
Panache,” “Chabichou”)
1935 Debout, là-dedans!
Bout de Chou
1936 Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise
1937 Le Cantinier de la Coloniale
1938 Gargousse
1940 Bach en Correctionnelle
WYN, MICHEL (August 21, 1931, Paris, France–)
From 1951 to 1953, he studied fi lmmaking at the ID-
HEC. He also graduated from the Institute of Political
Studies. He entered fi lms as an assistant director (1955
La Crise du Logement, documentary, Jean Dewever;
1956 Foreign Intrigue, Sheldon Reynolds, UK; Porte des
Lilas / Quartiere dei lillà / UK: Gate of Lilacs / USA: The
Gates of Paris, René Clair, France / Italy, 1958 Me and
the Colonel, Peter Glenville, UK; Maxime, Henri Verneuil;
Le Voyage en Ballon / UK and USA: Stowaway in the Sky,
Albert Lamorisse; 1960 L’Affaire d’une Nuit / UK: It
Happened at Night / USA: It Happened All Night, Henri
Verneuil; 1961 Le Président / Il Presidente / UK: The President,
Henri Verneuil, France / Italy; Fanny, Joshua Logan,
USA; 1963 In the French Style / A la Française, Robert
Parrish, USA / France; 1964 La Tulipe noire / Il Tulipano
nero / El Tulipan negro / UK: The Black Tulip, also second
unit director, Christian-Jaque, France / Italy / Spain;
1965 Up from the Beach / Le Jour d’après, Robert Parrish,
USA / France; 1966 Paris brûle-t-il? / Is Paris Burning?,
René Clément, France / USA; Atout Coeur à Tokyo pour
OSS 117 / OSS 117 a Tokio si muore / UK: Mission to
Tokyo / USA: OSS 117—Terror in Tokyo, also second unit
director, Michel Boisrond, France / Italy; 1967 Fantômas
contre Scotland Yard / Fantomas contra Scotland Yard, as
second unit director, André Hunebelle, France / Italy;
1968 Casse-Tête chinois pour le Judoka / Ore violente /
Die Sieben Masken des Judoka, Maurice Labro, France /
Italy / West Germany; Les Oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou
/ USA: Birds in Peru, Romain Gary). He collaborated as
a production manager on Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
(Vincent McEveety, USA). In 1994, he gave up directing
to dedicate himself to his true passion: acting. Books:
1956 Initiation aux Techniques du Cinéma (Editions Eyrolles;
2nd ed., 1982, Editions Eyrolles); 1965 Le Cinéma
et ses Techniques (Editions Techniques Européennes);
1983 La Boîte aux Images (co-author with Pascal Wyn,
Nouvelles Editions Techniques Européennes); 2005