Stelli, Jean

(Jules Elie Ernoult / December 6, 1894, Lille, Nord, France - February 2, 1975, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France)

   A former actor (1922 L'Ouragan sur la Montagne, Julien Duvivier; Les Roquevillard, Julien Duvivier), he was a journalist and stage location manager before returning to cinema as an assistant to director Julien Duvivier (1935 Golgotha / UK: Ecce Homo / USA: Be­hold the Man) and production manager (1936 Jenny, Marcel Carné). A film director since 1936, he oc­casionally co-wrote screenplays for other filmmakers (1938 Gibraltar / USA: It Happened in Gibraltar, Fedor Ozep; 1961 Melekler sahimdir, as co-author of original screenplay, Suha Dogan, Turkey; 1964 Gibraltar / Spio-naggio a Gibilterra / Mision en el estrecho / USA: The Spy, as co-author of original screenplay, Pierre Gasp­ard-Huit; 1965 Dernier Tiercé, as adapter and dialogist, Richard Pottier).

 Filmography

1936 ◘ Jeunesse d'abord (co-director with Claude Heymann)

        ◘ Durand Bijoutier (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Pour le Maillot jaune

        ◘ L'Or du Cristobal (Jean Stelli completed the shooting of the film started by Jacques Becker)

        ◘ Le Voile bleu / UK and USA: The Blue Veil

        ◘ La Valse blanche (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ L'Enfant de l'Amour

        ◘ La Tentation de Barbizon Mensonges

        ◘ Le Mystérieux Monsieur Sylvain

        ◘ La Cabane aux Souvenirs (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Route sans Issue Cité de l'Espérance

        ◘ Cinq Tulipes rouges Dernier Amour

        ◘ La Voyageuse inattendue (also adapter, actor)

        ◘ On n'aime qu'une Fois

        ◘ Envoi de Fleurs

1951 ◘ Maria du Bout du Monde

        ◘ Mammy

        ◘ Sérénade au Bourreau

        ◘ Une Fille sur la Route

        ◘ Un Trésor de Femme La Nuit est à nous

        ◘ Les Amoureux de Marianne

1956 ◘ La Foire aux Femmes / USA: Tides of Passion

        ◘ Alerte au Deuxième Bureau / US TV: Nest of

        ◘ Spies (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Baratin (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Deuxième Bureau contre Inconnu / USA: Where­abouts Unknown (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Rapt au Deuxième Bureau / USA: Operation Abduction (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1961 ◘ Deuxième Bureau contre Terroristes (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; shot in 1959)