Weill, Pierre

(March 18, 1906, Paris, France - March 24, 1961, Paris, France)

   He had a short career as a film director (1929-1936). In the early 1930s, he translated English dia­logues and wrote French subtitles (1931 Les Carot-tiers, James W. Horne, USA; Be Big!, James Parrott, USA). He edited the film Trois Argentins a Montmartre (André Hugon, 1940).

 Filmography

1929 ◘ Voici Dimanche

        ◘ De Sept Heures à Minuit (short)

        ◘ Mardi Gras (also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Cure sentimentale (co-director with Max Dianville)

        ◘ L'Affaire de la Rue Mouffetard (short)

        ◘ La Cure sentimentale (short)

1933 ◘ Le Béguin de la Garnison (co-director with Robert Vernay)

        ◘ Byrrh-Cass gaganat (short)

        ◘ La Nuit des Dupes (short)

1934 ◘ La Main qui passe (short)

        ◘ Le Médecin malgré lui (short)

1935 ◘ L'Ecole des Vierges

        ◘ Le Train d'Amour

        ◘ Gai Gai marions-nous (short)

        ◘ Lapa Sandwich (short)

        ◘ Le Train d'Amour (short)

1936 ◘ La Madone de l'Atlantique

        ◘ Trois dans un Moulin (also screenwriter)