Chevalier, Pierre

(March 23, 1915, Orbec, Calvados, France - )

   An assistant director for ten years (1945 Peloton d'Exécution, André Berthomieu; 1946 Monsieur chasse, Willy Rozier; Le Père tranquille / USA: Mr. Orchid, René Clément; 1947 Les Maudits / UK and USA: The Damned, René Clément; Les Requins de Gibraltar, Emile-Edwin Reinert; 1948 Neuf Garçons, un Cœur, Georges Freedland; 1949 Au-delà des Grilles / La mura di Malapaga / USA: The Walls of Malapaga, René Clé-mént, France / Italy; 1950 La Marie du Port, Marcel Carné; 1951 L'Etrange Madame X, Jean Grémillon; Rue des Saussaies, Ralph Habib; 1952 Brelan d'As, Henri Verneuil; Le Fruit défendu / UK and USA: Forbidden Fruit, Henri Verneuil; 1954 Le Mouton à Cinq Pattes / USA: The Sheep Has Five Legs, Henri Verneuil), he directed mostly comedies (1955-1963) and erotic flicks by 1968. Other credit (as set decorator): 1980 Sexo canibal / French video: Chasseur de l'Enfer / Chas­seurs d'Hommes / Jungfrau unter Kannibalen / USA: Mandingo Hunter (Jesus Franco, Spain / France / West Germany).

 Filmography

        ◘ Les Impures / USA: Human Cargo (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Vous pigez? / Il maggiorato fisico / Donne, Danni e diamante (France / Italy)

        ◘ L'Auberge en Folie

        ◘ Lernand clochard (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1958 ◘ En Bordée

        ◘ Le Sicilien (also co-adapter)

1959 ◘ Soupe au Lait (also co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ La Marraine de Charley (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Le Mouton (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Auguste (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Règlements de Comptes

        ◘ Clémentine chérie

        ◘ Le Bon Roi Dagobert / Il re e il monsignore (also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Huyendo de si mismo (co-director with Juan Fortuny; Spain)

        ◘ Nathalie, l'Amour s'éveille (as Peter Knight; also co-screenwriter)

1971 ◘ La Vie amoureuse de l'Homme invisible / Orloff y el hombre invisible / UK: Orloff and the Invisible Man / The Invisible Dead / USA: Orloff Against the Invisible Man / Dr. Orloff's Invisible Monster (as Peter Knight; also co-screenwriter; France / Spain)

1973 ◘ Pigalle, Carrefour des Illusions (as Peter Knight; shot in 1971)

        ◘ Avortement clandestin! / Abortus in het geheim (also co-screenwriter)

1974 ◘ La Maison des Filles perdues / La casa delle bambole crudeli / UK: House of the Lost Girls / US video: House of Lost Dolls (as Peter Knight; also co-screenwriter; France / Italy)

1976 ◘ Hommes de Joie pour Femmes vicieuses / Des

        ◘ Hommes de Joie (as Chantal Calvanti and Lina Cavalcanti; also co-screenwriter as H. L. Rostaine; shot in 1974)

        ◘ Vergewaltigt (West Germany)

1977 ◘ Convoi de Femmes (France / Italy; shot in 1974)

1984 ◘ Viol, la grande Peur (shot in 1978)