Heymann, Claude

(November 13, 1907, Paris, France - April 13, 1994, Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France)

   He entered films in 1926 as assistant director (1927 Sur un Air de Charleston, 1928 Tire au Flanc, also co-screenwriter, Jean Renoir; 1930 L'Âge d'Or / USA: The Golden Age, also uncredited actor, Luis Bunuel; 1931 Le Blanc et le Noir, Marc Allégret, Robert Florey; On purge Bébé, medium-length, Jean Renoir; La Chienne, Jean Renoir; 1932 Fantômas, Paul Fejos, 1934 J'ai une Idée, Roger Richebé; 1936 Partie de Campagne / UK and USA: A Day in the Country, medium-length, Jean Renoir; 1937 Le Choc en Retour, Maurice Kéroul, Georges Monca; 1950 Les Derniers Jours de Pompei / Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei / USA: Sins of Pompeii / The Last Days of Pompeii, Marcel L'Herbier, Paolo Moffa, France / Italy). He co-wrote several movies (1928 En Rade / USA: Sea Fever, Alberto Cavalcanti; 1946 Jericho, Henri Calef; 1948 Le Carrefour des Passions / Gli uomini sono nemici / USA: Crossroads of Passion, Henri Calef, Ettore Giannini, France / Italy; 1955 Lola Montès / Lola Montez / UK: The Fall of Lola Montes / USA: The Sins of Lola Montes, Max Ophuls, France / West Germany; 1958 Premier Mai / Le Père et l'Enfant / Festa di maggio / USA: Man to Man Talk / The First Day of May, Luis Saslavsky, France / Italy) and created a TV series (1971 Madame, êtes-vous libre?, 13 X 26', Jean-Paul Le Cha-nois, France / West Germany). While directing his own films, he worked as an artistic director (1934 J'ai une Idée, Roger Richebé; 1935 Minuit, Place Pigalle, Roger Richebé), production director (1935 Le Disque 413 / Symphonie d'Amour, Richard Pottier), technical adviser (1940 Paris-NewYork, Yves Mirande), and production as­sistant (1949 Fabiola / UK: The Fighting Gladiator / USA: Fabiola, Alessandro Blasetti, Italy). He shot his last film in 1951 but remained a production manager (1961 Auguste, Pierre Chevalier; 1963 La Cuisine au Beurre / La cucina al burro / UK and USA: My Wife's Husband, Gilles Grangier, France / Italy; 1970 La Mort trouble / De Onrustige Dood, Claude d'Anna, France / Belgium) and associate producer (1975 Section spéciale / L'affare della sezione speciale / Sondertribunal—Jefer kampft fur sich al-lein / UK and USA: Special Section, Costa-Gavras, France / Italy / West Germany). He played a supporting role in Tirez sur le Pianiste / UK: Shoot the Pianist / USA: Shoot the Piano Player (François Truffaut, France / Italy).

 Filmography

        ◘ La Meilleure Bobonne (short; co-director with Marc Allégret)

        ◘ L'Amour à l'Américaine / USA: American Love (supervised by Pàl Fejôs)

        ◘ Comme une Carpe (short)

        ◘ L'Amour en Vitesse (French-language version of Johannes Guter's Die Vier vom Bob 13; Germany / France)

        ◘ A moi le Jour, à toi la Nuit (French-language ver­sion of Ludwig Berger's Ich bei Tag und Du bei Nacht; Germany)

        ◘ Idylle au Caire (French-language version of Reinhold Schunzel's Saison in Kairo; Germany / France)

        ◘ Deux Balles au Cœur (short)

        ◘ Jeunesse d'abord (co-director with Jean Stelli)

        ◘ Les Jumeaux de Brighton

        ◘ L'Île des Veuves

1951 ◘ La Belle Image (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Victor (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1952 ◘ Magazine de Paris (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Adieu Paris (also co-adapter)

1954 ◘ Anatole chéri (shot in 1951)