Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 21, 1904
Died
Mar 28, 1969
Place of Birth
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Credits
49 titles
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 director of the comedy film Atoll K (1951), which was the final motion picture starring the legendary comedic double act Laurel and Hardy. Among his other better-known films were Le Defroqué (1954) and Fort du Fou (Outpost in Indochina) (1962). Joannon died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Source: Article "Léo Joannon" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Les Arnaud
Director
Three Disordered Children
Director
Outpost in Indo-china
Director
Assassin in the Phonebook
Doctor Jousseaume
Amazons of Rome
Screenplay
So Much Love Lost
Writer
The Desert of Pigalle
Maurice
A Girl in a Pocket
Third employee
Lovers of Paris
Writer
L'Homme aux clés d'or
Maître Ballanger (uncredited)
Sister Angele's Secret
Boss of the boat
Cinépanorama
Self
The Aristocrats
Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »
Casta diva
Screenplay
The Rebels of Lomanach
Writer
The Unfrocked One
Director
Drôle de noce
Producer
The Seven Deadly Sins
Screenplay
Robinson Crusoeland
Director
Le 84 prend des vacances
Director
Secret Documents
Director
Children of Chaos
Director
Lucrèce
Director
The White Truck
Art Direction
Whims
Director
The Emigrant
Screenplay
Hell's Cargo
Story
S.O.S. Mediterranean
Director
Le Chanteur de minuit
Director
De man zonder hart
Director
L'Homme sans cœur
Director
Confessions of a Newlywed
Director
Quand minuit sonnera
Director
Klokslag twaalf
Director
Train de plaisir
Director
Les Conquêtes de César
Director
Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue
Director
What a Funny Kid!
Director
Bibi-la-Purée
Director
We Found a Naked Woman
Director
600,000 francs per month
Director
He has lost a bride
Director
Suzanne
Director
Durand versus Durand
Director
On the voice of happiness
Director
Farewell, friends
The Woman and the Puppet
Don Mateo's Friend
Fünf bange Tage
Screenplay
Iceland Fisherman