- Castanier, Jean
- (Jean Castagnier / l9l7, France - )He successively was assistant art director (1932 La Nuit du Carrefour, Jean Renoir), set designer (l932 Boudu sauvé des Eaux / USA: Boudu Saved from Drowning, Jean Renoir; l933 Chotard et Compagnie, Jean Renoir; l935 Le Crime de Monsieur Lange / USA: The Crime of Monsieur Lange, also co-author of original idea, Jean Renoir), co-screenwriter (l935 Le Commissaire est bon Enfant, short, Jacques Becker, Pierre Prévert), actor (l955 French Cancan / USA: Only the French Can, Jean Renoir, France / Italy; l956 Elena et les Hommes / Elena e gli uomini / UK and USA: Paris Does Strange Things, France / Italy; l958 Suivez-moi jeune Homme, uncredited, Jean Boyer), and production designer (l960 Merci Natercia!, Pierre Kast). The only feature film he directed was an adaptation of a Gaston Leroux novel.Filmography1945 ◘ Gitans d'Espagne (short)1949 ◘ L'Homme qui revient de loin
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.