Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

2006 Paris, je t’aime (segment “Tour Eiffel”; also
screenwriter; France / Liechtenstein / Switzerland)
2009 The Illusionist / L’Illusionniste (animation; also
co-screenwriter, adapter, co-producer; UK /
France)
CHOMETTE, HENRI (March 30, 1896, Paris,
France–June 15, 1941, Rabat, Morocco)
The brother of director René Clair, he began fi lming
avant-garde movies (Jeux des Refl ets de la Vitesse; Cinq
Minutes de Cinéma pur). An occasional actor (1922
Roger la Honte, two chapters: “Roger-la-Honte,” “Mère
coupable,” Jacques de Baroncelli; 1931 Durand contre
Durand, Léo Joannon; 1934 Le Grand Jeu, Jacques Feyder),
he also worked as an assistant director (1923
Le Carillon de Minuit / De Beiaard van Middernacht /
USA: The Chimes of Midnight, Jacques de Baroncelli,
France / Belgium; La Légende de Sœur Béatrix / USA:
The Legend of Sister Beatrix, Jacques de Baroncelli,
France / Belgium; 1924 Nène, Jacques de Baroncelli;
La Flambée des Rêves, Jacques de Baroncelli; Pêcheur
d’Islande, Jacques de Baroncelli; 1926 La Chaussée des
Géants, Robert Boudrioz, Jean Durand; Gribiche / USA:
Mother of Mine, Jacques Feyder; 1927 Au Pays du Roi
lépreux, Jacques Feyder). In the early days of talking
pictures, he settled in London, where he shot a few
French versions of British movies. He died of typhoid
in Rabat, Morocco.
Filmography
1924 A quoi rêvent les jeunes fi lms? / USA: What Do
Young Films Dream About? (short)
1925 Jeux de Refl ets et de la Vitesse (short; also cinematographer)
Cinq Minutes de Cinéma pur (short)
1928 Le Chauffeur de Mademoiselle (also screenwriter)
1929 Le Requin (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Le Manque de mémoire (short)
1931 Autour d’une Enquête (French-language version
of Robert Siodmak’s Voruntersuchung; also codialogist;
Germany / France)
1932 Le Petit Ecart (French-language version of Reinhold
Schünzel’s Der kleine Seltensprung; also
co-dialogist; Germany / France)
1933 Prenez garde à la Peinture / USA: Mind the Paint
(also screenwriter, adapter)
1934 Rêve eternel / Le Roi du Mont-Blanc (Frenchlanguage
version of Arnold Fanck’s Der ewige
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Traum / Der König des Mont-Blanc; Germany /
France)
Nuit de Mai (French-language version of Gustav
Ucicky’s Der junge Baron Neuhaus; also coadapter,
co-dialogist; Germany / France)
Au Bout du Monde (French-language version
of Gustav Ucicky’s Flüchtlinge; also dialogist;
Germany / France)
1935 Le Baron Tzigane (French-language version
of Karl Hartl’s Zigeunerbaron; Germany /
France)
1936 Donogoo (French-language version of Reinhold
Schünzel’s Donogoo Tonka; Germany / France)
1938 Êtes-vous Jalouse? (also co-screenwriter, coadapter)
CHOMIENNE, CAROLINE (November 5, 1957,
France–)
A former classical dancer at the Marseille Opera, she
studied literature and law in Aix-en-Provence before
opting for cinema in 1981. After working as an assistant
director and script supervisor on shorts and
feature fi lms for fi ve years, she shot her fi rst movie.
Other credit (as producer): 2003 Silencio (documentary,
short, Nicolas L’Heureux).
Filmography
1984 Un Tournage de Raoul Ruiz (short; co-director
with Françoise Pasquini; also screenwriter)
1985 Station-Niolon (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)
1986 Les Chaussures vertes (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1988 Les Surprises de l’Amour (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1992 Une Oreille ou Deux (short; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1996 Des Lendemains qui chantent (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
2002 Freestyle (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist;
shot in 2000)
Lettre à Ahmat (documentary; short; also
screenwriter)
2005 Antigone sans Terre (documentary; also screenwriter)
CHOTIN, ANDRÉ (January 26, 1892, Paris, France–
January 10, 1954, Paris, France)
Having graduated from the Arts-Déco, he moved
to Hollywood, California, USA, at the invitation of