Cuny, Louis

(Louis Emile Désiré Cuny / No­vember 24, 1902, Montreuil-Sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, France - July 24, 1962, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France)

   A former student at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, he was a decorator architect and then artistic director for an architecture and design firm. He started his directing career shooting shorts. In 1945, he founded the Syndicate of Short Films Producers.

 Filmography

1936 ◘ La Voie triomphale (short)

        ◘ Le Lycée Papillon (short; filmed song)

        ◘ Le Violon (short)

        ◘ Au Jardin de la France (short)

1943 ◘ Hommage à Georges Bizet (short)

        ◘ L'Arlésienne (short)

        ◘ La Musique à travers les Âges (documentary; short)

        ◘ Mermoz (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Croisière Extra Muros (short)

        ◘ Panorama musical (short)

        ◘ Etrange Destin

        ◘ La Femme en Rouge (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Beau Voyage (also co-dialogist)

        ◘ Si j'avais la Chance (short)

1949 ◘ Tous les Deux (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Il faut qu'une Porte soit ouverte ou fermée (short)

1951 ◘ Demain, nous divorçons (also co-adapter, producer)

1953 ◘ Plume au Vent / Pluma al viento (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, producer; France / Spain)

1957 ◘ Bonjour Toubib (also original idea, co-adapter, co-producer)

        ◘ Gentleman Cambrioleur (short)

        ◘ Symphonie pour un Homme seul (short)

        ◘ Les Amoureux de la Seine (short)

        ◘ Ciné Ballet de Paris (documentary)

1961 ◘ Magic coiffeur (short)