Léo Joannon

1904-1969

Biography: life and films

Léo Joannon was a French film director, screenwriter and actor whose birth name was Léon Gabriel Paul Joannon. He was born in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France on 21st August 1904 and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 28th March 1969, aged 64.

His best films as a film director include Caprices (1942), Le Carrefour des enfants perdus (1944), L'Homme aux clefs d'or (1956), Le Secret de soeur Angèle (1956) and L'Assassin est dans l'annuaire (1962), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Caprices (1942), Atoll K (1951), L'Homme aux clefs d'or (1956) and Julien Duvivier's Pot-Bouille (1957).

Léo Joannon directed 32 films, scripted 22 films and appeared in 7 films.

His most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), comedy (14), comedy-drama (5) and romance (2).

Our average rating for Léo Joannon over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer

Fünf bange Tage (1928) [w]

Durand contre Durand (1931) [d]

Il a été perdu une mariée (1932) [d]

Suzanne (1932) [d]

600 000 francs par mois (1933) [d]

Bibi-la-Purée (1934) [d]

On a trouvé une femme nue (1934) [d]

Quelle drôle de gosse! (1935) [d]

L'Homme sans coeur (1936) [d]

Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue (1936) [d,w]

Quand minuit sonnera (1936) [d]

Train de plaisir (1936) [d]

Le Chanteur de minuit (1937) [d]

Vous n'avez rien à déclarer? (1937) [d]

Alerte en Méditerranée (1938) [d,w]

Hell's Cargo (1939) [w]

L'Émigrante (1940) [d]

Caprices (1942) [d]

Le Camion blanc (1943) [d,w]

Lucrèce (1943) [d]

Le Carrefour des enfants perdus (1944) [d]

Documents secrets (1945) [d]

Le 84 prend des vacances (1950) [d,w]

Atoll K (1951) [d,w]

Drôle de noce (1952) [d,w]

Les Sept péchés capitaux (1952) [w]

Le Défroqué (1954) [a,d,w]

Les Révoltés de Lomanach (1954) [w]

Les Aristocrates (1955) [a]

Casta diva (1956) [w]

L'Homme aux clefs d'or (1956) [a,d,w]

Le Secret de soeur Angèle (1956) [a,d,w]

Pot-Bouille (1957) [w]

Un amour de poche (1957) [a]

Le Désert de Pigalle (1958) [a,d]

Tant d'amour perdu (1958) [d,w]

Le Vergini di Roma (1961) [w]

L'Assassin est dans l'annuaire (1962) [a,d,w]

Fort-du-fou (1963) [d]

Trois enfants... dans le désordre (1966) [d,w]

Les Arnaud (1967) [d,w]



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