Henri Colpi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-07-15 (85 years old)

Deathday

2006-01-14

Place of Birth

Brig, Valais, Switzerland

Henri Colpi

Biography

Henri Colpi (French: [kɔlpi]; 15 July 1921 – 14 January 2006) was a French film editor and film director. Colpi graduated from the IDHEC in 1947. During 1950 to 1960, he edited films for such notable French New Wave directors as Agnès Varda and Georges Franju. Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, which is well known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival with Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel. Une aussi longue absence was written by Marguerite Duras, featured Alida Valli in a major role, and included music by Georges Delerue. It also won the Louis Delluc Prize in 1960. His second feature Codine was al...

Acting

Production

1973

1961

The Long Absence

as Director

1963

Codine

as Director

1960

1963

Codine

as Editor

1977

Bilitis

as Editor

1959

1959

1977

Bilitis

as Technical Advisor

1966

1966

The Nameless Star

as Screenplay

1957

A King in New York

as Assistant Editor

1981

1986

The Sacrifice

as Thanks

1982

1979

1958

1986

Le sphinx

as Editor

1963

Codine

as Screenplay

1959

Night and Fog

as Sound Recordist

1957

La Déroute

as Editor

1969

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Bilocation

as Editor

1958

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