Campaux, François

(April 14, 1906, Auxerre, Yonne, France - August 8, 1983, Paris, France)

   A playwright and then a screenwriter (1937 Mirages, also producer, Alexandre Ryder; 1942 Le Voile bleu / UK and USA: The Blue Veil, also production manager, Jean Stelli; 1943 La Valse blanche, also co-adapter, pro­duction manager, Jean Stelli; 1956 Mannequins de Paris, André Hunebelle), he started out his directing career shooting a documentary short on painter Henri Matisse. Several movies were adapted from his plays (1973 Vidita negra, from his play Chérie noire, Rogelio A. Gonzalez, Mexico; 1974 Agapi mou Oua-Oua, from his play Chérie noire, Giannis Dalianadis, Greece, 1979 Tesoro mio, from his play Chérie noire, Giulio Paradisi, Italy). Other credit (as producer): 1938 Durand Bi­joutier (Jean Stelli).

 Filmography

1945 ◘ Henri Matisse (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Paul Langevin (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Louis de Broglie (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1946 ◘ Le Palais de la Découverte (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1949 ◘ Ronde de Nuit (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, co-dialogist)

1951 ◘ Bel Amour (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

1953 ◘ Grand Gala (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)