Bonnardot, Claude-Jean

(December 26, 1923, Paris, France - January 20, 1981, Paris, France)

   A former extra and then an actor (1947 Le Batail­lon du Ciel / USA: They Are No Angels, two parts",Ce ne sont pas des Anges", "Terre de France", shot in 1945-1946; 1968 Drôle de Jeu, Pierre Kast), he was dubbing translator and director (he notably did the French version of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho). His first feature film, a documentary on the Korean War, was censored for six years.

 Filmography

1954 ◘ Les Bras de la Seine (short)

        ◘ Impasse (short)

        ◘ Paris-Férié (short)

        ◘ Ballade pour un Voyou / USA: Ballad for a Hood­lum (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Moranbong, Aventure coréenne (documentary; also actor; shot in 1958)

        ◘ Les Comédiens dans la Ville neuve (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Son ou Gal (documentary; short)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Infarctus

        ◘ Le Chevalier des Touches

        ◘ L'Invention de Morel (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Jean-Roch Coignet (7 x 60')

        ◘ Les Aventures de Zadig

1973 ◘ Au Bout du Rouleau

        ◘ Les Cinq dernières Minutes (episode "Un Gros Pépin dans le Chasselas")

1974 ◘ Le Vagabond (28 x 13'; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Un Matin de Juin 40

        ◘ Grand-Père Viking (6 x 52'; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Commissaire Moulin (episode "Cent Mille So­leils"; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Quand flambait le Bocage

        ◘ Double Détente (also screenwriter)

1980 ◘ La Conquête du Ciel (6 x 55'; France / West Germany / Switzerland / Belgium / Morocco)