Mousselle, Jean

(November 15, 1918, Verbe-rie, Oise, France - )

   He made his film debut as a camera operator (1946 Jericho, Henri Calef; Le Père tranquille / USA: Mr. Or­chid, René Clément; 1949 Jour de Fête, Jacques Tati, shot in 1947) and then worked as a cinematographer (1945 Cagnes, short; Deux Petits Anges, short; 1948 Au Cœur de l'Orage, documentary, as co-cinematographer, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, shot in 1944; 1949 L'Aventure est au Coin du Bois, short; 1951 Sud, short, as co-cinematographer; La Grande Île au Cœur des Grandes Eaux, as cinematographer; Réalités malgaches, short, as cinematographer; Cheveux noirs, Capes grises, short, as cinematographer; 1953 Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot / UK: Monsieur Hulot's Holiday / USA: Mr. Hulot's Holi­day, as co-cinematographer, Jacques Tati, shot in 1951-1952; Le Chemin de l'Etoile, short, as cinematographer; Prestige de la Qualité, short, as cinematographer; Paris présente: le Mime Marceau, short, as cinematographer; 1955 Normandie, short, as cinematographer) before directing his only feature film.

 Filmography

1945 ◘ Toulon 45 (short; also cinematographer)

1948 ◘ Ventes aux Enchères (short; also cinematographer)

1952 ◘ La Conquête de l'Eau (short)

1955 ◘ Le Pain vivant (also co-adapter)

1960 ◘ Saint-Augustin (short)

1962 ◘ Le Guérisseur (short)

1966 ◘ Benjamin des Antilles (short)