- Camus, Marcel
- (April 21, 1912, Chappes, Ardennes, France - January 13, 1982, Paris, France)He was a drawing teacher (1938-1939), painter, and sculptor before being mobilized for World War II. After four years of captivity, he became an assistant director (1946 Il suffit d'une Fois, Andrée Feix, supervised by Henri Decoin; 1947 Antoine et Antoinette / UK and USA: Antoine and Antoinette, Jacques Becker; 1948Croisière pour l'Inconnu, Pierre Montazel; 1949 Eve et le Serpent, Charles-Félix Tavano; Rendez-vous de Juillet, Jacques Becker; 1951 Edouard et Caroline / USA: Edward and Caroline, Jacques Becker; Passion, Georges Lacombe; 1952 Casque d'Or / UK: Golden Helmet / USA: Golden Marie, Jacques Becker; La Demoiselle et son Revenant, Marc Allégret; Le Rideau rouge / Ce Soir on joue Macbeth, André Barsacq; 1953 Les Dents longues, also co-adapter, Daniel Gélin; L'Ennemi public No. 1 / Il nemico numero uno / UK: The Most Wanted Man in the World / Public Enemy Number One / USA: The Most Wanted Man, Henri Verneuil, France / Italy; 1954 Sang et Lumières / Sangre y luces / USA: Love in a Hot Climate, Georges Rouquier, France / Spain; L'allegro squadrone / Alberto, il marmittone / Les Gaietés de l'Escadron, also co-screenwriter, Paolo Moffa, Italy / France; 1955 Interdit de Séjour, Maurice de Canonge; Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaus, Robert Darène; Les Mauvaises Rencontres, Alexandre Astruc; 1956 Cela s'appelle l'Aurore / Gli amanti di domani / Amanti senza domani, Luis Bunuel, France / Italy; 1957 La Roue, André Haguet). He also was a technical adviser (1954 L'Etrange Désir de Monsieur Bard, Geza von Radvanyi) and screenwriter (1972 Amazonia, documentary, as co-screenwriter, Jean Manzon) and appeared as himself (1974 Histoire du Cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait, documentary, Armand Panigel).Filmography1949 ◘ Renaissance du Havre (documentary; short)1957 ◘ Mort en Fraude / USA: Fugitive in Saigon (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)◘ Orfeu negro / Orfeo negro / USA: Black Orpheus (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, actor; France / Italy)◘ Os Bandeirantes / Les Pionniers / Rio Negro / US TV: Gold of the Amazon (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Italy)1962 ◘ L'Oiseau de Paradis / USA: Dragon Sky (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)1965 ◘ Le Chant du Monde / Ossessione nuda / La saga dei Forrest (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; France / Italy)1968 ◘ Vivre la Nuit / Vivere la notte / USA: Love in the Night (also co-adapter; France / Italy)1970 ◘ Un Eté sauvage / L'età selvaggia (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy)◘ Le Mur de l'Atlantique / Un elmetto pieno di... fifa (also co-adapter; France / Italy)1971 ◘ Dernier Refuge1976 ◘ Otalia de Bahia / Os pastores da Noite / USA: Bahia (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Brazil)Television Filmography1973◘ La Porteuse de Pain (7 x 60')◘ Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (6 x 52')1974 ◘ Les Faucheurs de Marguerites (7 x 55')◘ Voltaire / Ce Diable d'Homme (6 x 52')◘ Le Roi qui vient du Sud (6 x 52'; co-director with Heinz Schirk)◘ Winnetou le Mescalero (7 x 52'; France / Switzerland)◘ Les Amours du Bien-Aimé◘ Le Roman du Samedi: L'Agent secret◘ Le Féminin pluriel
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.