Biography: life and films
Jean-Paul Le Chanois was a French film director, screenwriter and actor whose birth name was Jean-Paul Dreyfus. He was born in Paris, France on 25th October 1909 and died in Paris, France on 8th July 1985, aged 75.His best films as a screenwriter include Maurice Tourneur's thriller La Main du diable (1943), Impasse des deux anges (1948), L'École buissonnière (1949), Les Misérables (1958) and Michel Boisrond's La Française et l'amour (1960), and whose best work as a film director include Les Évadés (1955), Papa, maman, ma femme et moi... (1956), Les Misérables (1958) and La Française et l'amour (1960).
Jean-Paul Le Chanois scripted 32 films, directed 21 films and appeared in 4 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Maurice Tourneur (3 films), Richard Pottier (2), Jean-Devaivre (2) and Jean Gourguet (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), comedy (9), Thriller (5), crime-thriller (3), Documentary (3) and comedy-drama (2).
Our average rating for Jean-Paul Le Chanois over all films is: 2.7
Filmography
Key: a = actor; d = director; w = writer
L'Affaire est dans le sac (1932) [a]
Le Temps des cerises (1937) [d,w]
La Vie d'un homme (1938) [d]
De Mayerling à Sarajevo (1940) [a]
Une idée à l'eau (1940) [d,w]
Huit hommes dans un château (1942) [w]
Le Moussaillon (1942) [w]
Picpus (1943) [w]
Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur (1943) [w]
La Fille aux yeux gris (1945) [w]
Messieurs Ludovic (1946) [d,w]
Son dernier rôle (1946) [w]
Au coeur de l'orage (1948) [d]
Impasse des deux anges (1948) [w]
L'Idole (1948) [w]
La Dame d'onze heures (1948) [w]
La Dame d'onze heures (1948) [w]
Fandango (1949) [w]
L'École buissonnière (1949) [a,d,w]
Marlène (1949) [w]
La Belle que voilà (1950) [d,w]
Sans laisser d'adresse (1951) [d,w]
Agence matrimoniale (1952) [d,w]
La Maison dans la dune (1952) [w]
Alerte au sud (1953) [w]
Papa, maman, la bonne et moi... (1954) [d,w]
Les Évadés (1955) [d,w]
Village magique (1955) [d,w]
Papa, maman, ma femme et moi... (1956) [d,w]
Le Cas du Dr Laurent (1957) [d,w]
Les Misérables (1958) [d,w]
La Française et l'amour (1960) [d,w]
Par-dessus le mur (1961) [d,w]
Horace 62 (1962) [w]
Mandrin (1962) [a,d]
Monsieur (1964) [d]
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