Léo Joannon

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1904-08-21

Deathday 1969-03-28 (64 years old)

Place of Birth Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Also Known As Joannon, Raoul Lagneau, Lagneau, Rémy Satz

Léo Joannon

Biography

Léo Joannon (21 August 1904 – 28 March 1969) was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman. Joannon first attracted international attention in early 1939 during the production of S.O.S. Mediterranean, when his attempts to include shots of a German naval ship docked in the port of Tangier created a diplomatic incident between the pre-World War II French and German governments. The film later won the Grand Prix du Cinema Français. Joannon is best known to international audiences as the director of the comedy film Atoll K (1951), which was the final motion picture starring the legendary comedic double act Laurel and Hardy. Among his other better-known films were Le Defroqué (1954) and Fort du Fou (Outpost in Indochina) (1962). Joannon died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Source: Article "Léo Joannon" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Director

1967
Les Arnaud

as Director

1963
1958
1958
So Much Love Lost

as Director

1956
1956
1954
The Unfrocked One

as Director

1952
Drôle de noce

as Director

1951
Utopia

as Director

1950
1945
Secret Documents

as Director

1944
Children of Chaos

as Director

1943
Lucrèce

as Director

1943
The White Truck

as Director

1942
Whims

as Director

1940
The Emigrant

as Director

1938
1937
De Man Zonder Hart

as Director

1937
1937
L'Homme sans cœur

as Director

1936
1936
1936
Train de plaisir

as Director

1936
Klokslag twaalf

as Director

1935
What a Funny Kid!

as Director

1935
Bibi-la-Purée

as Director

1934
1933
1932
Suzanne

as Director

1932
1931
Farewell, friends

as Director

1931

Writer

1967
Les Arnaud

as Adaptation

1967
Les Arnaud

as Screenplay

1966
1962
1961
Amazons of Rome

as Screenplay

1958
1957
Lovers of Paris

as Writer

1954
Casta diva

as Screenplay

1954
Casta diva

as Story

1954
The Unfrocked One

as Screenplay

1952
Drôle de noce

as Writer

1952
The Seven Deadly Sins

as Screenplay

1951
Utopia

as Story

1942
Whims

as Screenplay

1940
The Emigrant

as Screenplay

1939
Hell's Cargo

as Story

1928
Fünf bange Tage

as Screenplay

Actor

1962
Assassin in the Phonebook

as Le docteur Jousseaume

1958
1957
A Girl in a Pocket

as Troisième employé

1956
1929
The Woman and the Puppet

as Don Mateo's Friend

Producer

1952
Drôle de noce

as Producer

Art

1943
The White Truck

as Art Direction