- Bernard-Deschamps
- (Dominique Deschamps / 1892, Bordeaux, Gironde, France - May 25, 1966, Paris, France)A former actor (1909 La Fin d'un beau Rêve / USA: ItWas a Beautiful Dream, Gérard Bourgeois; 1911 L'Homme de Peine, short, Michel Carré), he turned a director in 1914 and shot mostly patriotic movies during World War I.Filmography1908 ◘ Porchefontaine (documentary; short)1914 ◘ Service secret (short; as Dominique Bernard-Deschamps)◘ Le Lynx (as Dominique Bernard-Deschamps)◘ Les Frontières du Cœur (as Dominique Bernard-Deschamps; also screenwriter, adapter)◘ L'Amour sacré (one prologue",Souvenirs d'Héroïsme", and three acts",La Vocation", "Pour le Drapeau", "Mère française"; as Dominique Bernard-Deschamps)◘ Des Canons, des Munitions (short)◘ 48, Avenue de l'Opéra (as Dominique Bernard-Deschamps; co-director with Georges Denola)◘ La Beauté qui meurt (four parts; as Dominique Bernard-Deschamps; also screenwriter; shot in 1916)◘ Hier et aujourd'hui (as Dominique Bernard-Deschamps)◘ 1922 La Nuit du 11 Septembre (as Dominique Bernard-Deschamps; shot in 1919)◘ L'Agonie des Aigles (two parts: "Le Roi de Rome", "Les 'Demi-Soldes'"; co-director with Julien Duvivier)1932 ◘ Le Rosier de Madame Husson / USA: He / Mrs. Hudson's Virginity Prize / The Virgin Man1936 ◘ La Marmaille1938 ◘ Monsieur Coccinelle (also screenwriter, dialogist)1940 ◘ Tempête / Tempête sur Paris / UK and USA: Thunder over Paris (also co-screenwriter)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.