Léo Joannon
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-08-21 (65 years old)
Deathday
1969-03-28
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 direc...
Acting
1957
as Third employee
1929
as Don Mateo's Friend
1956
as Boss of the boat
1962
as Doctor Jousseaume
1956
as Maître Ballanger (uncredited)
1958
as Maurice
1955
as Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »
Production
1937
as Director
1951
as Director
1954
as Writer
1962
as Director
1967
as Director
1967
as Adaptation
1966
as Director
1956
as Director
1952
as Producer
1952
as Writer
1940
as Screenplay
1944
as Director
1954
as Director
1954
as Screenplay
1954
as Story
1936
as Director
1967
as Screenplay
1935
as Director
1943
as Director
1951
as Story
1957
as Writer
1943
as Art Direction
1942
as Director
1936
as Director
1942
as Screenplay
1939
as Story
1956
as Writer
1958
as Writer
1961
as Screenplay
1952
as Screenplay
1934
as Director
1963
as Director
1937
as Director
1954
as Screenplay
1928
as Screenplay
1958
as Director
1938
as Director
1940
as Director
1937
as Director
1936
as Director
1937
as Director
1931
as Director
1935
as Director
1933
as Director
1932
as Director
1931
as Director
1931
as Director
1932
as Director
1962
as Adaptation
1945
as Director
1956
as Director
1943
as Director
1958
as Director
1950
as Director
1952
as Director
1936
as Director
1956
as Writer
1966
as Screenplay
1938
as Story
1936
as Director
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