Jean Dréville
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-09-20 (91 years old)
Deathday
1997-03-05
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 recogni...
Acting
2017
as Lui-même
1957
as Commentator (uncredited)
1982
as N°155
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1949
as Director
1947
as Director
1962
as Director
1954
as Director
1965
as Director
1929
as Director
1946
as Director
1932
as Director
1955
as Director
1938
as Director
1938
as Writer
1952
as Director
1934
as Assistant Director
1953
as Director
1945
as Director
1958
as Director
1960
as Director
1945
as Director
1952
as Director
1942
as Director
1938
as Director
1957
as Director
1932
as Camera Operator
1948
as Director
1939
as Assistant Director
1931
as Cinematography
1948
1962
as Producer
1937
as Director
1942
as Screenplay
1943
as Director
1943
as Screenplay
1945
as Director
1952
as Director
1966
as Director
1930
as Director
1940
as Director
1936
as Director
1939
as Director
1937
as Director
1935
as Director
1936
as Director
1934
as Director
1934
as Director
1932
as Director
1942
as Director
1943
as Director
1958
as Director
1950
as Director
1929
as Technical Supervisor
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