Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

336 • DRESS, EVELYNE
1970 Elise ou La Vraie Vie (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-producer; France / Algeria)
1974 Les Violons du Bal / UK and USA: Violins of the
Ball (also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer,
actor)
1975 Parlez-moi d’Amour (also co-producer)
1977 Le Passé simple / USA: Replay (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter, co-dialogist, co-producer)
1979 Le Pull-Over rouge (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1982 Guy de Maupassant (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
delegate producer)
1986 Sauve-toi Lola (also co-screenwriter, codialogist)
1987 Il est génial Papy! (also co-screenwriter, coadapter,
co-producer)
Television Filmography
1965 Le Train bleu s’arrête 13 Fois (episodes “Paris:
Signal d’Alarme,” “Lyon: Marché en Main,”
“Marseille: Choc en Retour”)
1966 Le Train bleu s’arrête 13 Fois (episodes “Toulon:
Passe-Passe,” “Cannes: On ne gagne qu’une
Fois”)
Les Compagnons de Jéhu (5 55' and 1 90')
1968 Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret (episode
“L’Inspecteur Cadavre”)
DRESS, EVELYNE (August 1, 1947, Lyon, Rhône,
France–)
After spending three years in Robert Manuel’s class at
the Rue Blanche Dramatic Art Center, she made her
stage debut and played in about forty movies (from
1969 Hibernatus / Louis de Funes e il nonno surgelato,
Edouard Molinaro, France / Italy, to 1993 Pas d’Amour
sans Amour, Evelyne Dress). She also authored novels
(1999 La Maison de Petitchet, Hors-Collection; 2001
Les Tournesols de Jérusalem, Editions Plon, reedited in
2004 by Press Pocket; 2002 Pas d’Amour sans Amour,
Pocket; 2003 Fort comme l’Amour, Pocket).
Filmography
1993 Pas d’Amour sans Amour! (also screenwriter,
dialogist, actor)
DRÉVILLE, JEAN (September 20, 1906, Vitry-sur-
Seine, France–March 5, 1997, Paris, France)
A former advertising drawer and fi lm journalist
(L’Intransigeant; Comoedia), he founded three magazines
(Photo-Ciné; Cinégraphie; Cinéma-Ciné) from 1925
to 1927. A fi lm director since 1929, he also was suc-
cessively cinematographer (1929 Cagliostro, Richard
Oswald); cinematographer, editor, sound engineer,
and dubbing (1929 Roumanie, Terre d’Amour / Ô Roumanie,
Terre d’Amour / Roumanie, Terre latine, Camille de
Morlhon); camera operator (1931 Vive la Foire!, short,
Michel Gorel, Daniel Abric); assistant director (1946
L’Affaire du Collier de la Reine / USA: Queen’s Necklace,
Marcel L’Herbier); and technical adviser (1980 La Mer
Couleur de Larmes, Serge de Sienne). He appeared as
himself in a documentary (1968 Cinéastes de notre
Temps, documentary; episode “La Première Vague,”
Noël Burch, Jean-André Fieschi).
Filmography
1929 Quand les Epis se courbent (documentary; also
cinematographer)
Autour de l’Argent (documentary; short; also
cinematographer, sound engineer, editor)
1930 Physiopolis (documentary; also cinematographer)
1931 Créosote (short; also cinematographer, editor)
Vive la Foire! (documentary; short)
1932 A la Varenne (Java chantée) (short; also producer,
cinematographer, editor)
Le Baptême du petit Oscar (short)
Pomme d’Amour (also editor)
La Chanson du Muguet (short; fi lmed song)
1933 Midi (documentary; short; also cinematographer,
editor)
1934 Trois pour Cent (also adapter)
Un Homme en Or / USA: A Man and His Woman
(also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)
Le Bonheur (co-director with Marcel L’Herbier;
also co-editor)
1935 Touche à tout (also editor)
1936 Coup de Vent / Colpo di vento (also co-screenwriter;
France / Italy)
Les Petites Alliées (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1937 Troïka sur la Piste blanche
Maman Colibri
1938 Les Nuits blanches de Saint-Petersbourg / USA:
Kreutzer Sonata
Le Joueur d’Echecs / USA: The Chess Player / The
Devil Is an Empress (also co-screenwriter)
1939 Son Oncle de Normandie
La Brigade sauvage / USA: Savage Brigade (Jean
Dréville completed the fi lm after Marcel
L’Herbier fell ill)
1940 Le Président Haudecoeur
1942 Annette et la Dame blonde
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