Carbonnaux, Norbert

(March 28, 1918, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France - November 6, 1997, Paris, France)

   After his law studies, he was mobilized for World War II. He spent four years in captivity in Germany. Then he joined Patton's army. He wrote for radio before entering films as a screenwriter and dialogist (1947 La Colère des Dieux, as co-dialogist, Carl Lamac; Les Atouts de Monsieur Wens / De Troeven van Mr. Wens, as dialogist, E. G. de Meyst, Belgium; Le Diable souffle / USA: Woman of Evil, as co-screenwriter, Edmond T. Gréville; Les Requins de Gibraltar, as dialogist, Emile-Edwin Reinert; 1948 L'Aventure commence Demain, as dialogist, Richard Pottier; Neuf Garçons, un Coeur, as co-dialogist, Georges Freedland; 1949 La Bataille du Feu / Les Joyeux Conscrits, as dialogist, Maurice de Canonge; Marlène, as dialogist, Pierre de Hérain; 1952 Le Costaud des Batignolles, as co-screenwriter, dialogist, Guy Lacourt; Bille de Clown, as screenwriter, Jean Wall; 1953 La Tournée des grands Ducs, as co-screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, Guy Lacourt; 1978 Ils sont fous ces Sorciers, as screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Georges Lautner). Other credit (as actor): 1971 Léa l'Hiver (Marc Monnet).

 Filmography

1951 ◘ 90 Degrés à l'Ombre (short)

        ◘ La Tournée des grands Ducs (André Pellenc; Norbert Carbonnaux actually directed the film)

        ◘ Les Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Courte-Tête / Les Ramasse-Miettes / US TV: Photo Finish (also adapter)

        ◘ Le Temps des Œufs durs (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

1960 ◘ Candide ou L'Optimisme auXXème Siècle/ USA: Candide (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1962 ◘ La Gamberge (also co-adapter)

1967 ◘ Toutes Folles de lui (also co-screenwriter)

1972 ◘ L'Ingénu (also screenwriter, dialogist)