Jean Dréville

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1906-09-20

Deathday 1997-03-05 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France

Also Known As Jean Dreville

Jean Dréville

Biography

Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.

Known For

Director

1971
1966
1965
Nights of Farewell

as Director

1962
Lafayette

as Director

1960
Normandy - Neman

as Director

1958
1957
The Suspects

as Director

1954
Queen Margot

as Director

1953
Endless Horizons

as Director

1952
1952
1950
The Big Meeting

as Director

1949
Return to Life

as Director

1948
The Spice of Life

as Director

1947
Carbon Copy

as Director

1946
Tainted

as Director

1945
1945
Hanged Man's Farm

as Director

1945
1943
The Roquevillards

as Director

1943
Tornavara

as Director

1942
1940
1939
Savage Brigade

as Assistant Director

1939
1938
The Chess Player

as Director

1937
Mama Hummingbird

as Director

1936
1936
Coup de vent

as Director

1935
Touche-à-tout

as Director

1934
Le Bonheur

as Assistant Director

1934
1934
Trois pour cent

as Director

1932
Creosote

as Director

1932
Candy Apple

as Director

1930
Physiopolis

as Director

1929
Autour de l'argent

as Director

Actor

2019
1940: Taking over French Cinema

as Self (archive footage)

1982
Cinématon XVI

as N°155

1957
The Suspects

as Le commentateur (non crédité)

Writer

1943
The Roquevillards

as Screenplay

1938

Crew

1931
Romania, land of love

as Cinematography

1929
Cagliostro

as Technical Supervisor

Camera

1932
Creosote

as Camera Operator

Producer

1962
Lafayette

as Producer