- Carré, Michel
- (February 7, 1865, Paris, France - August 5, 1945, Paris, France)Parallel to his career as a director, he also was a screenwriter (1908 Benvenuto Cellini, short, Albert Capellani; Guillaume Tell, short, Albert Capellani; Marie Stuart / USA: Mary Stuart, short, Albert Capellani; Le Trouvère, short, Albert Capellani; 1909 L'Assommoir / USA: Drink, short, Albert Capellani, also actor; Lucrèce Borgia, short, Albert Capellani; Macbeth, short, André Calmettes; Le Roi s'amuse, short, Albert Ca-pellani; 1910 Fra Diavolo, short, Albert Capellani; Francesca Da Rimini, short, Albert Capellani; La Grève des Forgerons, short, Georges Monca; Hernani, short, Albert Capellani; Le Lépreux de la Cité d'Aoste, short, André Calmettes; Messaline, short, Henri Andréani, Ferdinand Zecca; La Zingara, short, Albert Capellani; Moïse sauvé des Eaux, short, also screenwriter; Notre Dame de Paris, short, Albert Capellani; La Vision de Frère Benoît / Frère Benoît, short, Albert Capellani; La Fin de Robespierre, short, Albert Capellani; Un Amour de la Du Barry, short, Albert Capellani; 1913 Marie Tudor, short, Albert Capellani; 1916 Le Retour du Passé, Léonce Perret; 1922 Faust, Gérard Bourgeois; 1935 La Vie parisienne, co-screenwriter only, Robert Siodmak; 1936 La Tentation, Pierre Caron; Notre-Dame d'Amour, co-screenwriter only, Pierre Caron).Filmography1907 ◘ L'Enfant prodigue / USA: The Prodigal Son (short)1909 ◘ L'Amour et le Temps (short)◘ Arsène Lupin (short)◘ Le Bal noir (short; co-director with Georges Denola; also co-screenwriter)◘ La Dormeuse (short)◘ Lleur de Pavé / USA: Her Dramatic Career (short; also screenwriter)◘ Image de l'Autre (short; also screenwriter)◘ La Laide—Conte hindou / USA: The Ugly Girl (short; also screenwriter)◘ Mariage à l'Espagnole / USA: Spanish Marriage (short; also screenwriter)◘ Mathurin fait la Noce (short)◘ Lœuvre de Jacques Serval (short)◘ Ordre du Roy / USA: The King's Command (short; also screenwriter)◘ La Peau de Chagrin / USA: The Wild Ass's◘ Skin (short; unconfirmed; directed by Albert◘ Capellani, Michel Carré, or Georges Denola; also adapter)◘ La Peur (short; also screenwriter)◘ Soeur Angélique / USA: Sister Angelica (short; also screenwriter)◘ Les Suicides de Louf (short)◘ La Trouvaille d'un vieux Garçon (short; also screenwriter, producer)◘ Une Corderie (short; also screenwriter)1910◘ L'Aigle des Roches (short)◘ Athalie (short)◘ La Chatte métamorphosée en Femme (short)◘ Deux Vieux Garçons (short; also screenwriter)◘ Eloi veut apprendre à nager (short)◘ L'Evasion d'un Truand (short; also screenwriter)◘ La Four à Chaux (short; also screenwriter)◘ L'Inventeur / USA: The Inventor's Rights (short)◘ La Louve (short; also screenwriter)◘ Le Messager de Notre Dame (short)◘ La Miniature (short; also screenwriter)◘ Le Naufragé (short)◘ La Navaja / Le Couteau (short; also screenwriter as Miguel Cuadrado)◘ La Noce à Canuche (short)◘ La Pêcheuse d'Equilles (short)◘ Le Retour du Passé (short; unconfirmed; directed by Michel Carré or Léonce Perret; also screenwriter)◘ La Véridique et douloureuse Histoire de Catelan le Ménestrel (short; also screenwriter)◘ Le Violon du Grand-Père / USA: Grandfather's Violin (short)1911◘ L'Homme de Peine (short; also screenwriter)◘ Ma Fille / USA: My Daughter (short; also screenwriter)◘ Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène ou La Captivité de Napoléon (short)◘ Le Mensonge de Jean Manchot / Le Mensonge / Le Pieux Mensonge (short; also screenwriter)◘ Le Mort vivant (short)◘ Le Rival dupé (short; also screenwriter)◘ Sur la Pente (short)◘ Le Vieux Comédien / Le Dernier Rôle (short; also screenwriter)◘ L'Enfant prodigue (short)◘ Le Solitaire (short)◘ Arsène Lupin contre Ganimard (short)◘ La Petite Dame en Cire (short; also screenwriter)1916 ◘ L'Enfant prodigue1922 ◘ La Bête traquée (co-director with René Le Somptier; also adapter, actor)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.