Thévenard, Pierre

(September 11, 1901, Paris, France - April l992, Paris, France)

   A doctor of urology, he shot surgical films as an as­sistant to professors Heitz-Boyer and Dechaume. In l940, his practice dissolved because of war, and, lacking work, he began to film scientific shorts and soon became a professional filmmaker. His only fic­tion movie was a detective story (Le Vrai Coupable). In l948, he published a book, co-wrote by Guy Tassel, Le Cinéma scientifique français (La Jeune Parque).

 Filmography

1942 ◘ Attention aux Vipères (documentary; short)

1944 ◘ Les Ultra-Sons (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Lueur qui s'éteint (documentary; short)

1946 ◘ Le Champignon qui tue (documentary; short)

1948 ◘ L'Ultra-Centrifugeuse pour Virus (documentary; short)

1949 ◘ La Question du Cancer (documentary; short)

1951 ◘ Le Vrai Coupable (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Aventures d'une Mouche bleue (documentary; short)

        ◘ Radiologie de lAvaleur de sabres (documentary; short)

        ◘ Histoire d'une Souris (documentary; short)

1956 ◘ Radiocinématographie de la Métamorphose (documentary; short)

1958 ◘ Oiseaux atteints de troubles de l'Equilibre (documentary; short)

1962 ◘ Ne jugeons pas sur l'Apparence (documentary; short)

1964 ◘ Les Champignons hallucinogènes du Mexique (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Baies toxiques (documentary; short)