Jean Delannoy


Jean Delannoy was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.

Biography

Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Protestant, a descendant of Huguenots, some of whom fled the country during the French Wars of Religion, and settled first in Wallonia. Afterwards, their name became De la Noye and then Delano, who were on the second ship to immigrate to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
He was a student in Paris when he began acting in silent films. He eventually landed a job with Paramount Studios Parisian facilities, working his way up to head film editor. In 1934 he directed his first film and went on to a long career, both writing and directing. In 1946, his film about a Protestant minister titled La symphonie pastorale was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1960, his film, Maigret tend un piège was nominated for a BAFTA award for "Best Film from any Source". In recognition of his long service to the French motion picture industry, in 1986 Delannoy received an Honorary César Award.
Delannoy died on 18 June 2008, at the age of 100.

Partial filmography

  • Miss Helyett
  • The Beautiful Sailor
  • The Improvised Son
  • My Hat
  • The Premature Father
  • Paris-Deauville
  • Casanova
  • Women's Club
  • Nitchevo
  • Michel Strogoff
  • Golden Venus
  • Tamara
  • The Black Diamond
  • The Murderer is Afraid at Night
  • '
  • Fever
  • Colonel Pontcarral
  • L'Éternel retour
  • Pastoral Symphony
  • Les jeux sont faits
  • To the Eyes of Memory
  • The Secret of Mayerling
  • God Needs Men
  • Savage Triangle
  • La Minute de vérité
  • Napoleon Road
  • Destinées
  • Obsession
  • The Little Rebels
  • Marie-Antoinette reine de France
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Maigret tend un piège
  • Venere Imperiale
  • Les amitiés particulières
  • Le Lit a Deux Places
  • Le Majordome
  • Le Lit à deux places
  • Les Sultans
  • Action Man
  • La Peau de torpedo
  • Pas folle la guêpe
  • '
  • Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
  • Les Grandes Conjurations : Le Coup d'État du 2 décembre
  • L'Été indien
  • Frère Martin
  • Le Crime de Pierre Lacaze
  • L'Énigmatique Monsieur S. ou Tout est dans la fin
  • Bernadette
  • La Passion de Bernadette
  • Le Gorille compte ses abattis
  • Marie de Nazareth released in English as ''Mary of Nazareth''