- Violet, Edouard-Emile
- (Emile-Edouard Chane / December 8, 1880, Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, France - January 4, 1955, Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France)He worked mainly for Les Films Éclair. His last movie was also the last Max Linder picture (1925 Le Roi du Cirque / Clown aus Liebe / Der Zirkuskônig / UK: Circusmania / USA: King of the Circus). He also supervised the movie directed by René Navarre (Tue-la-Mort, twelve episodes: "L'Auberge du petit Chaperon Rouge", "La Forge des Quatre Chemins", "Les Contrebandiers", "L'Inconnu", "Tue-la-Mort et Ovilla", "Une Etrange Hypothèse", "L'Incendie", "Can-zonette", "Tu ne tueras point", "Un et un font un", "Tiberio", "La Vengeance d'Ovilla", 1920). After the end of the silent era, he was an assistant director to Claude Autant-Lara (1933 Ciboulette).Filmography1916 ◘ L'Héritier de Dagobert◘ Les Six Cœurs des Six petites Filles (two parts)◘ Fantaisie de Milliardaire (unconfirmed)◘ Le Consentement de la Marquise1917 ◘ Aline ou La Double Vie (three parts)◘ La Grande Vedette (three parts)◘ Le Songe d'un Mois d'Eté◘ Le Jupon (unconfirmed; directed by Roger Lion, Jean Manoussi, or Emile-Edouard Violet)◘ Renoncement (unconfirmed; directed by Charles Maudru or Emile-Edouard Violet; also actor)1918 ◘ Rita (three parts)◘ Lucien est emballé (also adapter)◘ Lucien transfusé Ce Bon Lucien◘ Serpentin a tort de suivre les Femmes Lucien cherche un Enfant1919 ◘ Lucien cambriolé, Lucien Cambrioleur (also adapter, actor)◘ La Nouvelle Aurore / Les Nouvelles Aventures de Chéri Bibi (sixteen episodes: "Palas au Bagne", "L'Evasion", "Vers la Lumière", "Le Combat du Jour et de la Nuit", "Le Jugement de Dieu", "La Lune de Miel", "Les Cauchemars de Palas", "Le Héros et le Bandit", "Les Voiles se déchirent", "La Vengeance de Gorbio", "Deux Douleurs", "Le Calvaire", "Gisèle", "La Tullia", "Fatalitas", "La Calice")1920 ◘ Papillons◘ LL Hang le Cruel1921 ◘ Les Mains flétries◘ L'Accusateur (also screenwriter, adapter)◘ L'Epingle rouge1922 ◘ La Ruse◘ L'Auberge (co-director with E. B. Donatien; also screenwriter, adapter)1923 ◘ Les Hommes nouveaux (co-director with E. B. Donatien)◘ Le Voile du Bonheur◘ La Bataille (co-director with Sessue Hay-akawa)◘ The Danger Line / The Battle (USA)◘ Le Roi du Cirque / Clown aus Liebe / Der Zirkuskônig / UK: Circusmania / USA: King of the Circus (France / Austria)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.