Lanoë, Henri

(September 16, 1929, Oran, Al­geria-)

   From 1949 to 1951, he studied at the IDHEC. Known mostly as a film editor (about fifty movies from 1961 Le Rendez-vous de Minuit / UK: Rendezvous at Midnight / USA: Midnight Meeting, Roger Leenhardt, to 2000 Amazone, Philippe de Broca), he had his first contact with cinema in 1939 as a child actor (Le Feu de Paille / L'Enfant prodigue, Jean Benoît-Lévy). He also wrote commentaries (1961 Thaumetopoea, la Vie des Chenilles processionnaires du Pin et leur Extermination contrôlée, documentary, short, Robert Enrico) and music for films (1962 La Rivière du Hibou / UK: incident at Owl Creek / USA: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, short, also editor, Robert Enrico; 1963 La Belle Vie / UK: The Good Life, Robert Enrico; Au Cœur de la Vie, short, also editor, segments "L'Oiseau moqueur", "Chickamauga", "La Rivière du Hibou", Robert Enrico; 1967 Le Voleur / il ladro di Parigi / UK: The Thief / USA: The Thief of Paris, also editor, Louis Malle, France / Italy; 1970 Les Ca­prices de marie / Portami quello che hai e prenditi quello che vuoi / USA: Give Her the Moon, also editor, lyricist; Les Caprices de Marie, Philippe de Broca, France / Italy; 1982 Les Quarantièmes Rugissants / UK: The Roaring Forties, also editor, Christian de Chalonge). He col­laborated as a screenwriter on a few films (1964 Un Monsieur de Compagnie / . . . Poi ti sposero / USA: Male Companion, also screenwriter, dialogist, Philippe de Broca, France / Italy; 1965 Les Baisers / i baci, segment "Baiser de 16 Ans", Claude Berri, France / Italy; 1966 L'Homme de Marrakech / L'uomo di Casablanca / El hombre de Marrakech / UK and USA: That Man George, as co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Jacques Deray, France / Italy / Spain) and played a small part in Lacenaire / US video: The Elegant Criminal, Francis Girod).

 Filmography

1961 ◘ Le Complexe d'Artix (documentary; short)

1968 ◘ Ne jouez pas avec les Martiens / USA: Don't Play with Martians (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)