- Le Hénaff, René
- (April 26, 1901, Saigon, Vietnam-January 5, 2005, Belley, Ain, France)He spent his childhood in Southeast Asia in order to complete his studies in medicine and music. At the end of the 1920s, he met the Chomette brothers, directors Henri Chomette and René Clair, who allowed him to enter films as an editor (1929 Le Requin, Henri Chomette; 1930 Sous les Toits de Paris / UK and USA: Under the Roofs of Paris, René Clair; Le Million / USA: The Million, René Clair; A nous la Liberté / UK: Freedom for Us / USA: Liberty for Us, René Clair; L'Amoureuse Aventure, Wilhelm Thiele; Danton, André Roubaud; La Femme en Homme, Augusto Genina; 1933 Quatorze Juillet / UK: Bastille Day / USA:July 14, René Clair; Les Bleus du Ciel, Henri Decoin; 1934 Le Scandale, Marcel L'Herbier; 1936 Samson, Maurice Tourneur; Trois . . . Six . . . Neuf, also technical adviser, Raymond Rouleau; 1937 Hercule, Alexandre Esway, Carlo-Rim; 1938 Quai des Brumes / USA: Port of Shadows, Marcel Carné; Hôtel du Nord, Marcel Carné; 1939 Le Jour se lève / USA: Daybreak, Marcel Carné; 1940 Battement de Cœur, Henri De-coin; 1941 L'Assassinat du Père-Noël / UK: The Killing of Santa Claus / USA: Who Killed Santa Claus?, Christian-Jaque; 1947 Le Dessous des Cartes, André Cayatte; 1950 Femmes sans Nom / Donne senza nome / USA: Women Without Names, Geza von Radvanyi, France / Italy; 1953 L'Etrange Désir de Monsieur Bard, Geza von Radvanyi; 1955 ingrid—Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells, Geza von Radvanyi, West Germany; 1958 Der Artzt von Stalingrad, Geza von Radvanyi, West Germany; Douze Heures d'Horloge / ihr Verbrechen war Liebe, Geza von Radvanyi, France / West Germany; 1959 Ein Engel auf Erden / Mademoiselle Ange / USA: An Angel on Wheels / Angel on Earth, Geza von Rad-vanyi, West Germany / France; 1960 Les Petits Chats, Jacques R. Villa; 1961 La Récréation / UK: Playtime / US video: Love Play, François Moreuil; 1962 La Fayette / Lafayette, una spada per due bandiere / USA: Lafayette, Jean Dréville, France / Italy). He also was a technical adviser (1942 Le Fabuleux Destin de Désirée Clary / USA: Mlle Desiree, also editor, co-director with Sacha Guitry; 1956 Les Rendez-vous du Diable, documentary, Haroun Tazieff).Filmography1929 ◘ Frivolités (short; also co-screenwriter)◘ Les Chevaliers de la Cloche (short; also editor)◘ Un de la Montagne (also co-director with Serge de Poligny; Switzerland)◘ Joli Monde (also screenwriter, dialogist)◘ Euskadi (3-D short)1939 ◘ Fort-Dolorès◘ L'Amant de Bornéo (co-director with Jean-Pierre Feydeau)◘ Des Jeunes Filles dans la Nuit◘ Le Colonel Chabert / UK and USA: Colonel Chabert◘ Coup de Tête (also editor)◘ Le Mystère de Saint-Val◘ Christine se marie◘ Les Gueux au Paradis / USA: Hoboes in Paradise1947 ◘ Monsieur de Falindor (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)◘ Les Maris de Léontine1948 ◘ Scandale1950 ◘ Uniformes et grandes Manœuvres1952 ◘ La Fille au Fouet (co-director with Jean Dréville; René Le Hénaff fell ill, and Jean Dréville completed the movie)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.