Léo Joannon

Directing·Aug 21, 1904·Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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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.

Film	Credit
Les Arnaud1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Three Disordered Children1966 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Outpost in Indo-china1963 · Director	Director
Assassin in the Phonebook1962 · Doctor Jousseaume, Director	Doctor Jousseaume, Director
So Much Love Lost1958 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Desert of Pigalle1958 · Maurice, Director	Maurice, Director
L'Homme aux clés d'or1956 · Maître Ballanger (uncredited), Director, Writer	Maître Ballanger (uncredited), Director, Writer
Sister Angele's Secret1956 · Boss of the boat, Writer, Director	Boss of the boat, Writer, Director
The Unfrocked One1954 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Drôle de noce1952 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Robinson Crusoeland1951 · Director	Director
Le 84 prend des vacances1950 · Director	Director
Secret Documents1945 · Director	Director
Children of Chaos1944 · Director	Director
LLucrèce1943 · Director	Director
TThe White Truck1943 · Director	Director
Whims1942 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Emigrant1940 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
S.O.S. Mediterranean1938 · Director	Director
Le Chanteur de minuit1937 · Director	Director
De man zonder hart1937 · Director	Director
L'Homme sans cœur1937 · Director	Director
Confessions of a Newlywed1937 · Director	Director
QQuand minuit sonnera1936 · Director	Director
Klokslag twaalf1936 · Director	Director
Excursion Train1936 · Director	Director
Les Conquêtes de César1936 · Director	Director
Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue1936 · Director	Director
What a Funny Kid!1935 · Director	Director
BBibi-la-Purée1935 · Director	Director
We Found a Naked Woman1934 · Director	Director
600,000 francs per month1933 · Director	Director
He has lost a bride1932 · Director	Director
Suzanne1932 · Director	Director
Durand versus Durand1931 · Director	Director
OOn the voice of happiness1931 · Director	Director
FFarewell, friends1931 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director