André, Raoul

(May 24, 1916, Rabat, Morocco-November 4, 1992, La Garenne-Colombe, Hauts-de-Seine, France)

   The son of colonial civil servants, he reluctantly enrolled in Faculties of Law and Letters after having refused to do medicine (his father's wish). Having already a passion for movies, he soon dropped out of the university to attend the Conservatoire of Cin­ematographic Arts, where he landed a first prize. He was successively makeup artist trainee, cameraman, and production designer before becoming assistant director to Maurice Cammage (1938 Un de la Caval­erie), Jacques Daniel-Norman (1942 La Loi du Print­emps), Paul Mesnier (1942 Patricia), Max de Vaucorbeil (1943 Mademoiselle Béatrice), and Georges Lacombe (1946 Le Pays sans Etoiles). He met his future wife, actress Louise Carletti (1922-2002), on the set of the first film he directed. They married in 1956.

 Filmography

        ◘ Le Village de la Colère (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Fiacre 13 (two parts: Le Crime and Le Châti­ment)

        ◘ L'Assassin est à L'Écoute (also adapter)

1951 ◘ Une Fille à croquer (also adapter)

        ◘ Une Nuit à Mégève (also adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Marchandes d'Illusions / UK: Women Without Shame / USA: Nights of Shame

        ◘ Les Clandestines / USA: Vice Dolls Les Pépées font la Loi Cherchez la Femme

        ◘ Les Indiscrètes Une Fille épatante

        ◘ Les Pépées au Service secret

        ◘ L'Homme et l'Enfant / Creature del male / USA:

        ◘ Man and Child (France / Italy)

        ◘ La Polka des Menottes

        ◘ Clara et les Méchants / Bourreaux d'Enfants

        ◘ Secret professionnel

1962 ◘ La Planque / USA: The Hideout

        ◘ Tartarin de Tarascon (supervision only; Francis Blanche)

        ◘ Les Femmes d'abord / Dynamite Girl / USA: Ladies First

        ◘ Des Frissons partout / Jeff Gordon, il diabolico detective (France / Italy)

        ◘ Ces Dames s'en mêlent / Jeff Gordon spaccatutto (France / Italy)

        ◘ Mission spéciale à Caracas / Missione Caracas / Mision especial en Caracas / US video: Mis­sion to Caracas (also adapter; France / Italy / Spain)

        ◘ Le Grand Bidule

        ◘ Ces Messieurs de la Famille (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Bourgeois gentil Mec

        ◘ Ces Messieurs de la Gâchette (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Dernière Bourrée à Paris (also screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Y a un Os dans la Moulinette

        ◘ Serre-moi contre toi, j'ai besoin de Caresses (as Jean Le Vitte)

        ◘ La Kermesse érotique (as Jean Le Vitte)