Laviron, Jean

(April 26, 1915, Paris, France - )

   Having graduated with a bachelor's degree in law, he began his career as an assistant director to Marcel L'Herbier (1942 La Nut fantastique / UK and USA: Fan­tastic Night; 1943 L'Honorable Catherine / USA: The Hon­orable Catherine; 1945 La Vie de Bohème / La Bohème, France / Italy, shot in 1942; 1946 Au Petit Bonheur) and Jean Faurez (1948 La Vie en Rose; 1949 Vire-au-Vent). In 1944, he became one of the first teachers of the ID-HEC film school. He also was a technical adviser (1949 Une Nuit à Saint-Germain-des-Prés, also co-director, Fred Savdie; 1958 Vive les Vacances!, Jean-Marc Thibault) and screenwriter (1950 Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi / Gli ul-timi giorni di Pompei / USA: Sins of Pompei / The Last Days of Pompei, as co-screenwriter, Marcel L'Herbier, Paolo Moffa, France / Italy; 1956 La Vie est belle, also technical adviser, Roger Pierre, Jean-Marc Thibault).

 Filmography

1951 ◘ Un Amour de Parapluie (short; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Descendez, on vous demande (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1953 ◘ Au Diable la Vertu (also screenwriter, adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Légère et court vêtue (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1954 ◘ Soirs de Paris (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Votre Dévoué Blake

        ◘ Les Motards (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Les Héritiers (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

1962 ◘ L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête / L'inspecteur Leclerc (episodes "Coup double", "Feu M. Serley")

1965 ◘ Mon Filleul et moi (12 X 25'; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1967 ◘ Les Créatures du Bon Dieu / Histoires d'Amour (13 X 26')

1970 ◘ Ça vous arrivera Demain (13 X 26')

1975 ◘ Erreurs judiciaires (13 X 26'; co-director only)

1979 ◘ Par devant Notaire (episodes "La Résidence du Bonheur", "La Saison des Brumes"; also screenwriter, dialogist)