- Lévy, Raoul J.
- (April 14, 1922, Antwerpen, Belgium-December 31, 1966, Saint-Tropez, Var, France)He entered films as a production assistant for RKO in the USA and Mexico. Then he was a representative for American producer Edward Small in Europe (1948-1949). In 1950, he began producing films himself (1951 Identité judiciaire / USA: Paris Vice Squad, Hervé Bromberger; 1953 Les Orgueilleux / UK: The Proud Ones / USA: The Proud and the Beautiful, Yves Al-légret, France / Mexico; 1956 Pardonnez nos Offenses, Robert Hossein; Et Dieu . . . créa la Femme / E Dio creo la donna / Piace a troppi / UK: And Woman . . . Was Created / USA: . . . And God Created Woman, also actor, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; 1957 Sait-on jamais . . . / Un colpo da due miliardi / USA: No Sun in Venice, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; 1958 Les Bijoutiers du Clair de Lune / Gli amanti del chiaro di luna / UK: Heaven Fell That Night / USA: The Night Heaven Fell, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; En Cas de Malheur / La ragazza del peccato / UK: In Case of Adversity / USA: Love Is My Profession, Claude Autant-Lara, France / Italy; 1959 Babette s'en va-t-en Guerre / USA: Babette Goes to War, Christian-Jaque; 1960 Les Régates de San Francisco/ Ilrisveglio dell'istinto / UK and USA: The Regattas of San Francisco, Claude Autant-Lara, France / Italy; Moderato cantabile / Moderato cantabile: Storia di uno strano amore / UK: Seven Days . . . Seven Nights / USA: Moderato cantabile, Peter Brook, France / Italy; La Vérité / La verità / UK and USA: The Truth, Henri-Georges Clouzot, France / Italy; 1962 Le Petit Garçon de l'Ascenseur, Pierre Granier-Deferre; 1965 La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo / Lo scacchiere di Dio / Le meravigliose avventure di Marco Polo / Marko Polo / UK and USA: Marco the Magnificent, also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard, France / Italy / Yugoslavia / Afghanistan / Egypt, shot in 1963; 1967 Deux ou Trois Choses que je sais d'elle / UK and USA: Two or Three Things I Know About Her, also actor; Jean-Luc Godard). He killed himself at age forty-four.Filmography◘ Je vous salue Mafia! / Da New York: La mafia uccide / USA: Hail, Mafia (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, co-producer; France / Italy)◘ L'Espion / Lautlôse Waffen / UK and USA: The Defector (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / West Germany)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.