Tédesco, Jean

(March 24, l895, London, Eng­land, UK-August l6, l958, Paris, France)

   He was the publisher and the manager of the review Cinéa / Cinéa pour Tous, founded by Louis Delluc (1923-1930). In 1924, he became manager of the Théâtre du Vieux Colombier, in which he opened the first French avant-garde movie theater and was shown the works of Abel Gance, D. W. Griffith, Marcel L'Herbier, Charlie Chaplin, Louis Delluc, and the film he co-directed with Jean Renoir (La Petite Marchande d'Allumettes). He left the Vieux Colombier in 1934 to dedicate himself to filmmaking.

 Filmography

1928 ◘ La Petite Marchande d'Allumettes / UK and USA: The Little Match Girl (co-director with Jean Renoir; also producer)

 l932 Amour et Quadrille (medium-length)

1934 ◘ La Magie du Fer blanc (documentary; short)

        ◘ L'Apocalypse (documentary; short)

        ◘ Profil de la France (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Siècle de l'Acier (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Paris de Zola (documentary; short)

        ◘ Sur les Chemins de Lamartine (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Golf latin (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Ombres de la Ville (documentary; medium-length)

1943 ◘ Le Cirque enchanté (short)

        ◘ Les Feux qui meurent (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Main (documentary; short)

        ◘ Sillons d'Afrique (documentary; short)

1944 ◘ L'Enquête du 58 (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Voix libre (documentary; short)

1946 ◘ La Comédie avant Molière (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Joie de vivre (short)

        ◘ Marine fluviale (documentary; short)

        ◘ Mort ou Vif

        ◘ Dimanche en Alsace (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Hommes de l'Acier (documentary; short)

        ◘ Sécurité du Travail dans les Industries sidérur­giques (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Hommes du Feu (documentary; short)

        ◘ Napoléon Bonaparte, Empereur des Français (documentary; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle (documentary; medium-length; also co-adapter)

1955 ◘ Le Nôtre (documentary; short)