Rozier, Willy

(William Rozier / June 27, 1901, Talence, Gironde-May 26, 1983, Talange, Moselle, France)

   A former swimming champion (he represented France at the Amsterdam Olympic Games of 1928), he entered films as an actor (1928 La Venenosa, Roger Lion; Le Kinkajou, short, Jean de Marguenat; 1931 Les Monts en Flammes, Luis Trenker, Joë Hamman; Calais-Douvres, French-language version of Anatole Litvak's Nie wieder Liebe, Jean Boyer, France / Germany; Autour d'une Enquête, French-language version of Robert Si-odmak's Voruntersuchung, Robert Siodmak, Germany / France; 1932 Le Petit Ecart, French-language version of Reinhold Schuntzel's Der kleine Seltensprung, Henri Chomette, Germany / France; Avec l'Assurance / USA: With Assurance, Roger Capellani; Le Bolide, short, Roger Capellani; Haut les Mains!!!, short, Maurice Champreux; 1933 La Guerre des Valses, French-language version of Ludwig Berger's Walzerkrieg, Raoul Ploquin, Germany / France). A film director since 1933, he created his production company, Sport Films, and conceived an underwater camera, the Aquaflex.

 Filmography

1933 ◘ N'épouse pas ta Fille (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

1934 ◘ Trois Cents à l'Heure (also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ Yacout / Yacout Effendi (short; also screenwriter, dialogist; co-director with Naguib Al Rihani)

        ◘ Pluie d'Or (also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ Veinte mil duros (Spanish-language version of Pluie d'Or; also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ Maria de la Nuit (also screenwriter, dialogist, editor, lyricist)

        ◘ Les Anges noirs (also screenwriter, dialogist, editor)

        ◘ Les Hommes de Proie (also screenwriter, editor)

1938 ◘ Champions de France (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, producer, editor)

        ◘ Espoirs (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, di-alogist, producer, editor)

        ◘ Mélodie pour toi (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer, editor)

        ◘ L'Auberge de l'Abîme (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Solita de Cordoue (also producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Monsieur chasse (also screenwriter, adapter, di­alogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Les Trafiquants de la Mer (alsoscreenwriter, dia­logist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ 1949 56, Rue Pigalle (also screenwriter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ L'Epave / USA: Sin and Desire (also screenwriter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Le Radar conjugal / Radar conjugal (short; also screenwriter, editor)

1951 ◘ Le Bagnard (also screenwriter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Guyana, Terre lointaine (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ La Cabane au Canada (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ La Rosière de Gonfalon (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Les Amants maudits (also screenwriter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, actor, co-editor)

        ◘ L'Inspecteur Marius (short; also editor)

        ◘ Manina, la Fille sans Voile / UK: The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter / USA: The Girl in the Bikini (also screenwriter as Xavier Vallier, dialogist, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ L'Aventurière du Tchad (also screenwriter, di-alogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, actor, co-editor)

        ◘ Vestiges sous-marins (documentary; short; also editor)

1954 ◘ Promenade en Centre-Afrique (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Aventures en Oubangui-Chari (documentary; short; also editor)

1955 ◘ A toi de jouer . . . Callaghan! / USA: Amazing Mr. Callaghan / Beside Murder / Your Turn to Play, Callaghan (also screenwriter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Evasion africaine (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Soleil d'Afrique (documentary; short; also screenwriter, editor)

        ◘ Les petits Hommes de la Forêt (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Ennedi, Pays du Soleil (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Les Petits Métiers de là-bas (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Visages noirs (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Afrique lointaine (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Tanganika (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Et par ici la Sortie (also screenwriter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Un Homme se penche sur son Passé / Schwar-zer Stern in Weisser Nacht (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor; France / West Germany)

1960 ◘ Prisonniers de la Brousse / US TV: Prisoner of the Jungle (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor; shot in 1958-1959)

1961 ◘ Callaghan remet ça! (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Le Roi des Montagnes / Voleurs de Femmes (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist as Xavier Val-lier, producer, co-editor)

        ◘ Les Chiens de la Nuit / Ta Skylia tis nythas / USA: The Girl Can't Stop (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, co-producer; France / Greece)

1967 ◘ Les Têtes brûlées / Cabezas quemadas (also screenwriter, dialogist as Xavier Vallier, co-producer; France / Spain)

1973 ◘ Dany la Ravageuse / UK: Dany the Ravager (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer; shot in 1971)

        ◘ Les Yeux du Coeur (short)

        ◘ Dora, la Frénésie du Désir (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer; shot in 1974)

        ◘ La Chasse à travers les Âges (documentary; short; also screenwriter, editor)