Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

280 • DANAN, JOSEPH
/ Italy; Napoléon / Napoleone, Sacha Guitry, France /
Italy; Confi dential Report / Dossier secret / Mister Arkadin
/ USA: Mr. Arkadin, Orson Welles, UK / France / Spain;
1957 Tahiti ou La Joie de vivre, Bernard Borderie; 1963
Love Is a Ball / UK: All This and Money Too, David Swift,
USA). In the 1960s, he directed a TV series adapted
from Babar albums. Other credit (as actor): 1975 Les
Autres (Hugo Santiago, shot in 1973).
Filmography
1957 Le Grand Bluff / UK and USA: The Big Bluff
1958 Incognito
1963 Le Tout pour le Tout (shot in 1960)
DANAN, JOSEPH (1951, Oran, Algeria–)
He sporadically shot fi lms from 1974 to 1995 and
progressively gave up cinema to write plays, novels
(1987 Déplacements incertains, Jonas; 1992 Allégeance,
Gallimard “L’Infi ni”; 1997 Avant que la mort te ravisse,
L. Mauguin), poetry, and essays (1995 Le Théâtre de la
Pensée, Médianes; 1997 Eléments pour une Histoire du
Texte de Théâtre, co-authored with Jean-Pierre Ryngaert,
Dunod).
Filmography
1974 Naissance d’une Fiction (16-mm short; also
screenwriter, dialogist; unreleased)
1975 Le Pré aux Rats (16-mm short; also screenwriter,
dialogist; unreleased)
1976 Souvenirs des Années tragiques (also screenwriter,
dialogist, delegate producer, editor;
unreleased)
1982 Les Manèges de l’Imaginaire (also screenwriter,
dialogist; unreleased)
1995 L’Eternité (short; also screenwriter, dialogist,
co-editor)
DANIEL, JEAN-LOUIS (1954, Bordeaux, Gironde,
France–)
Filmography
1979 La Bourgeoise et le Loubard (also screenwriter,
adapter, dialogist; shot in 1977)
1980 Même les Mômes ont du Vague à l’Âme (also
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1978)
1984 Les Fauves (also co-screenwriter)
1986 Peau d’Ange (also co-screenwriter)
1987 Le Septième Ciel (also co-screenwriter)
2001 Gunblast Vodka (also co-screenwriter, co-producer;
Poland / France; shot in 1997–1998)
Television Filmography
1991 Rio Verde / Die Abenteuer vom Rio Verde (codirector
only; also co-screenwriter; France /
Germany)
1994 Désirs noirs—La Fièvre du Désir / Dark Desires:
Thelma (France / USA)
Dark Desires: Diana (France / USA)
Commissaire Moulin (episode “Mort d’un Offi
cier de Police”)
1995 Mayday
Extrême Limite (episodes “Lenoir s’en va,”
“Dérapage contrôlé,” “La Panne,” “Full Contact,”
“Rock’n’Roll,” “Un Cadeau inoubliable”)
1996 Désirs fatals / Dark Desires: Vera / USA: Dark
Desires: The Best Woman Wins (France / USA)
Indaba (25 26'; co-director with Marc Allavene
d’Erlon)
DANIEL-NORMAN, JACQUES (1901, Lyon,
Rhône, France–December 12, 1978, Paris, France)
After completing his law studies, he attended Firmin
Gémier’s courses at the Conservatoire. A stage actor
in Boulevard plays, he entered fi lms as a screenwriter
of Maurice Cammage (1935 Un Soir de Bombe,
as screenwriter, dialogist; La Mariée du Régiment,
as screenwriter, dialogist; 1936 La Petite Dame du
Wagon-Lit, as screenwriter; Prête-moi ta Femme, as
co-screenwriter; 1937 Une Femme qui se partage,
as screenwriter, dialogist; Mon Député et sa Femme,
as screenwriter, dialogist; La Belle de Montparnasse,
as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist) and René Pujol
(1936 Bach Détective, as co-screenwriter). He also
supervised the shootings of several movies (1950 Les
Nouveaux Maîtres, Paul Nivoix; 1952 Hold-Up en Musique
/ Le Gang des Pianos à Bretelles, Gilles de Turenne;
1960 Bomben im Monte-Carlo / Eddie lässt die Bomben
platzen / Ca peut toujours servir, Georg Jacoby, West
Germany / Italy).
Filmography
1938 Si tu reviens (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist;
shot in 1936)
Prince de mon Cœur (also co-dialogist)
1940 Marseille de mes Amours (also co-screenwriter,
co-dialogist)
1941 Le Briseur de Chaînes
1942 La Loi du Printemps (also dialogist)
1943 Ne le criez pas sur les Toits
1944 L’Aventure est au Coin de la Rue (also screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist)