Gourguet, Jean

(December 5, 1902, Sète, Hérault, France - March 13, 1994, Paris, France)

   A movie buff since his childhood, he wrote his first amateur screenplays when he was still an adolescent. Spending most of his time in movie theaters, he ap­peared as an extra in silent films before becoming an independent reporter for the newspaper Paris-Midi and then a journalist at Le Journal. Under the pseudo­nym of Rem de Bandi, he created a small theatrical group for which he authored and directed plays. He directed his first short in 1928. Besides his own mov­ies, he produced 1939 La Bièvre, Fille perdue (documentary, short, René Clément); 1952 Les Révoltés du Danaé (Georges Péclet); 1954 Tabor (Georges Péclet); Du Sang sous le Chapiteau (Georges Péclet); Les Gaietés de l'Escadrille (Georges Péclet). In the 1960s, he opened an art house theater, L'Escurial. He was also a film collector.

 Filmography

1928 ◘ Sète Cité marine (documentary; short)

        ◘ Rayon de Soleil (medium-length; co-director with Georges Péclet)

        ◘ L'Escale

1932 ◘ Les Tutti-Frutti (short; also producer)

        ◘ La Chanson des Genêts (filmed song; short)

        ◘ Le Cantique de la Mer / Kanen ar Mor (filmed song; short)

        ◘ Le Sport périlleux (short)

        ◘ Un Drôle de Numéro (short)

        ◘ L'Affaire Coquelet

        ◘ La Grande Pastorale (short)

        ◘ Sur un Marché normand (short)

        ◘ Les Coulisses du Zoo (short)

        ◘ Chansons de France (short)

        ◘ Les moins de Vingt Ans (short)

        ◘ 25 Ans d'Aviation (Blériot) (documentary; short)

        ◘ Vivent les Vacances (short)

        ◘ Jeannette Bourgogne (also adapter)

        ◘ Bêtes captives (short)

        ◘ Singeries (short)

        ◘ Les Chiens qui rapportent (short)

        ◘ Le Moussaillon (also producer)

        ◘ Feux d'Enfants (short)

        ◘ Sur des Airs d'Autrefois (short; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Malaria (also co-screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ L'Enfant et les Bêtes (short; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Son Dernier Rôle (also producer)

        ◘ La Neige du Coucou (medium-length; also screenwriter, producer)

        ◘ Les Orphelins de Saint-Vaast (also co-screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Zone Frontière (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Trafic sur les Dunes (also co-screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Un Rayon de Soleil (medium-length; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

1952 ◘ Une Enfant dans la Tourmente (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Le Secret d'une Mère (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Maternité clandestine (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ La Fille perdue (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ La Cage aux Souris (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Les Premiers Outrages (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Les Promesses dangereuses (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Isabelle a Peur des Hommes (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ La P . . . sentimentale (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

1960 ◘ Les Frangines (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer)

1962 ◘ La Traversée de la Loire (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer)