Léo Joannon

Known for DirectingBorn 1904-08-21Died 1969-03-28Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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.Read more

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600,000 francs per month

Durand versus Durand

Sister Angele's Secret

Secret Documents

The White Truck

Hell's Cargo

Le Chanteur de minuit

Quand minuit sonnera

Bibi-la-Purée

Fünf bange Tage

Cinépanorama

So Much Love Lost

De man zonder hart

Casta diva

Iceland Fisherman

Lucrèce

The Emigrant

Outpost in Indo-china

L'Homme sans cœur

Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue

The Aristocrats

What a Funny Kid!

Suzanne

He has lost a bride

Farewell, friends

Assassin in the Phonebook

Train de plaisir

Klokslag twaalf

Whims

Drôle de noce

S.O.S. Mediterranean

Lovers of Paris

The Seven Deadly Sins

L'Homme aux clés d'or

Robinson Crusoeland

The Rebels of Lomanach

The Woman and the Puppet

Children of Chaos

We Found a Naked Woman

Three Disordered Children

Confessions of a Newlywed

The Unfrocked One

Les Arnaud

A Girl in a Pocket

Amazons of Rome

The Desert of Pigalle

Le 84 prend des vacances

Les Conquêtes de César