- Nonguet, Lucien
- (1868, France - Deceased)He was extras casting director in the famous Parisian music halls L'Ambigu, Le Châtelet, and La Porte Saint-Martin when Ferdinand Zecca hired him to co-direct several Pathé productions. From 1906 to 1910, he shot Max Linder's comedies. In 1910, he stopped directing. He sporadically worked as an assistant director (1904 Roman d'Amour / USA: Annie's Love Story / The Wages of Sin Is Death, short; Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn, Ferdinand Zecca; Joseph vendu par ses Frères / USA: Joseph Sold by His Brethen / Joseph Sold by His Brothers, short, Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn) and screenwriter (1904 Christophe Colomb / USA: Christopher Columbus / The European Idea of Christopher Columbus Discovering America, short, Vincent Lorant-Heilbronn). He appeared as himself in Max Débute au Cinéma / Les Débuts de Max au Cinématographe / UK: Max Linder's Debut as a Cinematograph Artist / USA: Max's First Job (short, Louis J. Gasnier, Max Linder).Filmography1902 ◘ La Belle au Bois dormant / USA: Sleeping Beauty (co-director with Ferdinand Zecca)◘ Quo Vadis? (co-director with Ferdinand Zecca)1903 ◘ Assassinat de la famille royale de Serbie (short)◘ Le Chat botté / USA: Puss in Boots (short)◘ Don Quichotte / Les Aventures de Don Quichotte / USA: The Adventures of the Ingenuous Hidalgo-Don Quixote / Don Quixote (short)◘ Epopée napoléonienne—Napoléon Bonaparte (short)◘ Epopée napoléonienne—L'Empire (short)◘ Guillaume Tell / USA: William Tell (short)◘ Massacres de Macédonie (short)◘ La Mort du Pape Léon XIII (short)◘ Le Pape Léon XIII au Vatican (short)◘ La Vie et la Passion de Jésus Christ / La Passion de◘ Notre-Seigneur Jésus Christ / La Passion / Vie et◘ Passion du Christ / USA: The Passion Play / Life of◘ Our Savior (short; co-director with Ferdinand Zecca)1904 ◘ L'Assassinat du Ministre Plehve / L'Assassinat du Ministre russe de l'Intérieur Viatcheslav Plehve (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Atrocités antisémites russes / USA: Russian Antisemitic Atrocities (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Attaques d'un Train / USA: Attack on a Train (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Autour de Port-Arthur / Autour de Port-Arthur / USA: Around Port-Arthur (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Combat naval russo-japonais / USA: Naval Fight (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Combats sur le Ya-lou / USA: A Fight on the Yalu (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Défense d'une Pagode / USA: Defense of a Pagoda (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Dernier Assaut de la Colline / Dernier Assaut de la Colline / USA: Last Attack on the Hill (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Embuscade / USA: Ambushed By the Japanese (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Episode de Yan-Taï / Episode de Yan-Taï / USA: Yantai Episode (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Exécution de Coréens / Exécution de Coréens (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Guerre russo-japonaise No. 1 (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Guerre russo-japonaise No. 2 (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Guerre russo-japonaise No. 3 (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Guerre russo-japonaise No. 4: Défense de Port-Arthur / USA: Defense of Port-Arthur (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Reddition de Port-Arthur / Reddition de Port-Arthur / USA: Surrender at Port Arthur (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Reprise d'une Redoute / Reprise d'une Redoute / USA: Retaking a Fort / Taking a Fort Again (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Sous Moukden / UK: At Moukden / USA: At Mukden (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—Tactique russe / Tactique russe (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais—La Vigie de Port-Arthur / USA: Lookout at Port Arthur / Outlook at Port Arthur / The Petropawlosk's Catastrophe (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais — Vive le Japon! (short)◘ Evènements russo-japonais: Vive la Russie! (short)◘ Incendie du Théâtre iroquois à Chicago / USA: Iroquois Theatre Fire in Chicago (short)1905 ◘ L'Assassinat du Grand-Duc Serge / USA: Assassination of the Grand Duke Serge / Assassination of the King of Serbia (short)◘ Au Pays de l'Or noir / UK: Tragedy in a Coal Mine / USA: Down in the Coal Mines / Mining District (short; co-director with Ferdinand Zecca)◘ Dix Femmes pour un Mari / USA: Ten Wives for One Husband (short; co-director with Georges Hatot, Ferdinand Zecca)◘ Gontran Pompier (short)◘ L'Incendiaire / USA: The Incendiary (short)◘ Les Martyrs de l'Inquisition / USA: Martyrs of the Inquisition (short)◘ Les Petits Vagabonds / USA: The Young Tramps (short)◘ La Révolution en Russie / La Révolution russe / USA: Revolution in Russia (short)◘ La Saint-Barthélémy / USA: St Bartholomew's Day (short)◘ Les Troubles de Saint-Petersbourg / USA: Riots in Russia / Riots in St. Petersburg (short)1906 ◘ Les Dessous de Paris / USA: Paris Slums / The Slums of Paris (short)◘ L'Espionne / USA: The Female Spy (short)◘ Lour la Fête de sa Mère / USA: For Mother's Birthday (short)◘ Terrible Angoisse / USA: Terrible Anguish (short)1907 ◘ A Biribi, Disciplinaires français / USA: A Military Prison (short)◘ Domestique hypnotiseur / Le Domestique hypnotiseur / UK and USA: The Servant Hypnotist (USA)◘ Idée d'Apache / USA: A Hooligan Idea (short)◘ La Légende de Polichinelle / La Vie de Polichinelle (short; co-director with Albert Capellani)1908 ◘ L'Affaire Dreyfus / USA: The Dreyfus Affair (short)◘ La Belle au Bois dormant / USA: Sleeping Beauty (short; co-director with Segundo de Chomon)◘ Le Roman d'un Malheureux (short)◘ Victime de sa Probité / USA: A Victim of His Honesty / A Victim of His Own Honesty (short)1910 ◘ Le Cauchemar de Max (short)◘ Max a le Feu sacré (short)◘ Max Aéronaute (short)◘ Max Célibataire (short)◘ Max Champion de Boxe / Champion de Boxe / UK: A Champion Boxer / USA: Max Has a Boxing Fever (short)◘ Max et Clancy tombent d'accord (short)◘ Max et l'Edelweiss / Une Epreuve difficile / UK: A Difficult Task / USA: Max in the Alps (short)◘ Max et la belle Négresse / Max et sa belle Négresse (short)◘ Max et le Téléphone (short)◘ Max fait du Ski / UK: Max Tries Ski-ing / USA: Max Goes Ski-ing (short)◘ Max joue le Drame (short)◘ Max Maîtresse de Piano (short)◘ Max ne se mariera pas (short)◘ Max se trompe d'Etage / UK: The Wrong Floor / USA: Max Comes Home (short)◘ Tout est bien qui finit bien / Max et son Rival / UK: All's Well That Ends Well / USA: Perseverance Rewarded (short)◘ Une Bonne pour Monsieur / Un Domestique pour Madame / UK: Servants and Masters (short)1911 ◘ Gontran à la Recherche d'une Profession (short)◘ Express-Union (short)◘ Gontran Fiancé courageux (short)◘ Le Pardessus de l'Oncle (short)◘ Les Débuts de Max au Téléphone (short)◘ Max a trouvé une Fiancée / Max fiancé / UK:◘ Max Engaged / USA: Max Is Forced to Work (short)◘ Max cherche une Fiancée (short)◘ Max et sa Belle-Mère / UK: Max and His Ma-in-Law / UK and USA: Max and His Mother-in-Law (short)◘ Max manque un riche Mariage / UK: A Good Chance Lost / USA: Shame on Max (short)◘ Max prend un Bain / UK: By the Doctor's Orders / USA: Max Takes a Bath (short)◘ Gontran a le Coup de Foudre (short)◘ Gontran a Peur du Choléra (short)1912 ◘ Gontran a volé un Enfant / USA: Gontran, a Kid-napper (short)◘ Gontran Chauve par Amour / USA: Gontran's Love Stratagem (short)◘ Max est hypnotisé / Max hypnotisé / USA: Max Hypnotized (short)◘ Max se marie / Le Mariage de Max / USA: Max's Divorce (short)1913 ◘ Max et l'Inauguration de la Statue (short)◘ Gontran au Pouvoir des Puces (short)◘ Gontran combat l'Oisiveté (short)◘ Gontran a Deux Vocations (short)◘ Max fait de la Photo / USA: Max Takes a Picture (short)◘ Gontran flirte malgré lui (short)◘ Gontran, Médecin de Service (short)◘ Gontran fait des Conquêtes (short)1914 ◘ Un Idiot qui se croit Max Linder / L'Idiot qui se croit Max (short)1919 ◘ Les Deux Paillassons (short)◘ Freddy Chef costumier (short; also screenwriter)◘ Les Trois Potards (short; also screenwriter)1920 ◘ Une Institution modèle (short; also screenwriter)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.