Kemm, Jean

(Jules Becheret / May 15, 1874, Paris, France - 1939, France)

   A stage performer notably with André Antoine and a film actor (about forty movies from 1909 Chercheurs d'Or, Georges Denola, to 1921 Miss Rovel, Jean Kemm), he directed his first movie seven years later.

 Filmography

1916 ◘ Madeleine

        ◘ Les Deux Marquises (also actor)

1917 ◘ Honneur d'Artiste

        ◘ Le Dédale / UK: The Labyrinth (also actor)

        ◘ La Comtesse de Sommerive (co-director with Georges Denola; also actor)

1918 ◘ L'Obstacle (also actor)

        ◘ André Cornélis (co-director with Georges De-nola; also actor)

1919 ◘ L'Enigme (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Le Destin est maître

1921 ◘ Hantise (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Micheline

        ◘ La Ferme du Choquart (also actor)

        ◘ Miss Rovel (also actor)

        ◘ L'Absolution (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Vidocq (ten episodes: "L'Evasion", "Manon-la-Blonde", "La Truite qui file", "L'Espionne de Vidocq", "L'Homme au Domino rouge", "Dans la Gueule du Loup", "Le Bandit Gentilhomme", "La Mère douloureuse", "Vers la Lumière", "La Bataille suprême")

        ◘ Ce Pauvre Chéri

        ◘ Lenfant Roi (eight episodes: "L'Eveil des Géants" "L'Armoire de Fer", "La Lettre de l'Empereur", "Le Drame de Varennes", "La Maison des Deux Vieilles", "Les Deux Orphelins", "La Conspira­tion des Femmes", "Lazare Hoche")

        ◘ Le Bossu / Le Bossu ou Le Petit Parisien (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Son Premier Film / Le Gardien du Sérail (also screenwriter)

1928 ◘ André Cornélis (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Atlantis (French-language version of Ewald André Dupont's Atlantik; France / Germany)

        ◘ Haï-Tang (French-language version of Richard Eichberg's Haï-Tang / Der Weg zur Schande; France / Germany)

        ◘ Le Juif polonais / USA: Polish Jew Amour et Discipline

        ◘ Le Coffret de Laque

        ◘ Les Surprises du Divorce

        ◘ Miss Helyett (co-director with Hubert Bourlon)

        ◘ L'Héritier du Bal Tabarin

        ◘ Le Barbier de Séville / USA: The Barber of Seville (co-director with Hubert Bourlon)

        ◘ La Loupiote (co-director with Jean-Louis Bou­quet)

        ◘ La Pocharde (co-director with Jean-Louis Bou­quet)

        ◘ Liberté