L'Hôte, Jean

(January 13, 1929, Migneville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France - April 28, 1985, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France)

   The son of schoolteachers, he enrolled in the IDHEC (1948-1950) but really learned his craft as a gagman and as an assistant to Jacques Tati (1958 Mon Oncle / Mio zio / UK and USA: My Uncle, France / Italy). He co-wrote Allez France! / USA: The Counterfeit Constable (Robert Dhéry, Pierre Tchernia, 1964). Mostly a TV director, he also authored novels (1958 Un Dimanche au Champ d'Honneur, Editions du Seuil; 1965 Confes­sions d'un Enfant de Choeur, Flammarion; 1966 La Communale, Editions G.P. Nantes; 1968 Les Prairies du Seigneur, Flammarion).

 Filmography

1956 ◘ Peinture la Liberté (short; also screenwriter)

1959 ◘ Vacances au Paradis (short; also screenwriter; shot in 1957)

1962 ◘ Le Pèlerinage (short; also screenwriter; shot in 1960)

        ◘ La Cloche (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Communale (also original novel, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1975 ◘ L'Education amoureuse de Valentin / Valentin oder die Freude der Liebe (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Germany)

 Television Filmography

1961 ◘ Cinq Colonnes à la Une (documentary; episodes "L'Allemagne", "Hassan II", "Les Coopérants en Tunisie")

1963 ◘ Terre des Arts, la Grèce (three-part documentary)

        ◘ Les Fous de Dieu (documentary)

        ◘ L'Art gaulois (documentary)

1966 ◘ Cinq Colonnes à la Une (documentary; episodes "L'Affaire Cornec", "Brassens")

1968 ◘ Provinces (episode "La Voûte"; documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Ombre et Lumière (documentary; episodes "Naissance de la Sculpture", "Léonard de Vinci")

        ◘ L'était une Fois (documentary; episode "De la Boxe, des Rues et des Prisons")

1969 ◘ Le Huguenot récalcitrant (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Oeil en Fête (documentary; episodes "Vuil-lard", "Van Dongen")

        ◘ La Demande en Mariage (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Prussien

        ◘ L'Homme qui a sauvé Londres

        ◘ L'Enlèvement (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Famille Grossfelder (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1975 ◘ Les Gendarmes du Pacifique (documentary)

        ◘ La Polynésie au Coeur (documentary; four episodes: "Les Origines", "Le Pasteur et la Vanille", "Tahiti le Château", "Confrontation")

1977 ◘ Les Confessions d'un Enfant de Choeur

1981 ◘ Le Mécréant (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Rescapé de Tikeroa (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Joies de la Famille Pinelli (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Lettres du Bagne (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Le Diable dans le Bénitier (also screenwriter)