Lacombe, Georges

(August 19, 1902, Paris, France - April 14, 1990, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France)

   He made a brilliant film debut with an avant-garde documentary short (La Zone) before serving as an assistant director (1924 Entracte, René Clair; 1925 Le Fantôme du Moulin Rouge, René Clair; 1926 Le Voyage imaginaire, René Clair; La Proie du Vent, René Clair; 1928 Maldone / USA: Misdeal, Jean Grémillon; Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie / USA: An Italian Straw Hat / The Horse Ate the Hat, René Clair; La Tour, short, René Clair; 1929 Les Deux Timides, René Clair; 1930 Sous les Toits de Paris / UK and USA: Under the Roofs of Paris, René Clair; 1931 Mon Ami Victor, André Berthomieu; Le Million, René Clair). He directed his first feature in 1932. He also co-wrote Leçon de Conduite (Gilles Grangier, 1946) and supervised the shooting of Mad­emoiselle de la Ferté (Roger Dallier, 1949).

 Filmography

        ◘ La Zone / La Zone, au Pays des Chiffonniers (documentary; short)

        ◘ Bluff (short)

        ◘ Boule de Gomme (short)

        ◘ Un Jour d'Eté (short)

        ◘ Un Coup de Téléphone Ce Cochon de Morin Pan! . . . Pan! . . . (short)

        ◘ La Femme invisible

        ◘ Jeunesse (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Epoux scandaleux

        ◘ La Route heureuse Le Cœur dispose

        ◘ Café de Paris (co-director with Yves Mirande)

        ◘ Derrière la Façade / 32 Rue de Montmartre (also co-screenwriter; co-director with Yves Mirande)

        ◘ Les Musiciens du Ciel

        ◘ Elles étaient douze Femmes

        ◘ Le Dernier des Six Montmartre-sur-Seine (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Journal tombe à Cinq Heures Monsieur la Souris / USA: Midnight in Paris

        ◘ L'Escalier sans Fin

        ◘ Florence est folle

1946 ◘ Le Pays sans Etoiles (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Martin Roumagnac / USA: The Room Upstairs (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1948 ◘ Les Condamnés

        ◘ Prélude à la Gloire

        ◘ La Nuit est mon Royaume / USA: The Night Is My Kingdom

        ◘ Les Sept Péchés capitaux / I sette peccati / I sette peccati capitali / UK and USA: The Seven Deadly Sins (segment "Le Huitième Péché / "Lottivo peccato" / Eighth Sin"; France / Italy)

        ◘ L'Appel du Destin

        ◘ Leur Dernière Nuit / USA: Their Last Night 1956 La Lumière d'en Face / USA: The Light Across the Street / Female and the Flesh 1958 Cargaison blanche / USA: Illegal Cargo (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Mon Coquin de Père / A Parigi in vacanza (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; shot in 1956)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ L'Âme de Nicolas Snyders

        ◘ L'Inspecteur Leclerc enquête / L'Inspecteur Leclerc (episode "Affaire de Famille")

1970 ◘ Monsieur de Pourceaugnac 1973 Une Atroce petite Musique