Faivre, Joseph

   A former actor (1910 La Tournée du Percepteur, Georges Monca), he was under contract with Eclair, for which he directed Willy comic shorts. Other cred­its (as screenwriter): 191I L'Honneur du Nom (short, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); 1912 Les Batailles de la Vie (short, episode "Le Saboteur", Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); Conscience d'Enfant (short, Emile Chautard); UEtrange Contrebandier (short, Victorin-Hippolyte Jas-set); Rédemption (three-act short: "L'Apogée", "La Déchéance", "Le Martyre", Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); Le Testament (short, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); Les Batailles de la Vie (short, episode "Haine au Music-Hall", Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); 1913 Le Chemin du Cœur (short, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); Le Coeur d'une Gosse (Les Lions) (short, Emile Chautard); Fragile Bonheur (short, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); Perdu en Mer (short, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); Sacrifice (short, Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset); 1928 L'Ingénu Libertin (as co-screenwriter, Emilien Champetier).

 Filmography

        ◘ L'Autre Mère (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Dépêche interrompue (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Petit Willy défie Jim Jackson (short)

        ◘ Le Petit Willy fait l'Ecole buissonière (short)

        ◘ Le Premier Cigare de Willy (short)

        ◘ Le Sacrifice de Willy (short)

        ◘ Willy Artiste-Peintre (short)

        ◘ Willy Fantôme (short)

        ◘ Willy Maître-Chanteur (short)

        ◘ Willy Professeur de Gymnastique (short)

        ◘ Willy Professeur de Skating (short)

        ◘ Willy soigne la Neurasthénie de son Oncle (short)

        ◘ Willy veut déjeuner sans payer (short)

1912

        ◘ Willy Cuisinier (short)

        ◘ Willy Distributeur d'Energie (short)

        ◘ Willy est un Enfant martyr (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Cheval du Capitaine (short)

        ◘ Willy et le méchant Cuisinier (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Prestidigitateur (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Serviteur incorruptible (short)

        ◘ Willy et le vieux Soupirant (short)

        ◘ Willy et sa Gouvernante / Willy n'aime pas sa Gouvernante (short)

        ◘ Willy étrenne son Costume marin (short)

        ◘ Willy fait de la Culture physique (short)

        ◘ Willy garde le Bonheur du Foyer (short)

        ◘ Willy Malade . . . de rire (short)

        ◘ Willy ne veut pas etre riche (short)

        ◘ Willy, Roi des Concierges (short)

        ◘ Willy sait porter la Fourrure (short)

        ◘ Willy veut égaler Nick Carter (short)

        ◘ Willy veut guérir son Père (short)

        ◘ Willy veut monter à Cheval (short)

1913 ◘ Le Bonheur de Willy (short)

        ◘ La Conscience de Willy (short)

        ◘ Les Gaietés de l'Escadron (short; co-director with Maurice Tourneur)

        ◘ Le Prince Willy (short)

        ◘ La Reconnaissance de Willy (short)

        ◘ La Ruse de Willy (short)

        ◘ Les Trois Willy (short)

        ◘ Willy a la Maladie du Sommeil (short)

        ◘ Willy a la Rage (short)

        ◘ Willy arrête les Pendules (short)

        ◘ Willy Chiffonnier (short)

        ◘ Willy contre Bombardier Wells (short)

        ◘ Willy contre le Divorce (short)

        ◘ Willy court après son Argent (short)

        ◘ Willy Diplomate (short)

        ◘ Willy l'Intruse (short)

        ◘ Willy et la Charité (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Charcutier (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Paysan pauvre (short)

        ◘ Willy et les Gendarmes font du Sport (short)

        ◘ Willy et les Parisiens (short)

        ◘ Willy Groom (short)

        ◘ Willy, leTambour et les Lunettes (short)

        ◘ Willy Roi des Sorciers (short)

        ◘ Willy trompe sa Grand-Mère (short)

1914

        ◘ Protéa II ou L'Auto infernale (three parts: "Une Auto au Milieu des Flammes", "Le Miracle des Roses", "Le Lasso aérien")

        ◘ Le Premier Duel de Willy (short)

        ◘ Willy a perdu Cinq Cent Francs (short)

        ◘ Willy Agent matrimonial (short)

        ◘ Willy aux Courses (short)

        ◘ Willy Boy-Scout (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Jugement de Salomon (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Parachute (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Rasta (short)

        ◘ Willy, Fils du Roi du Porc / Willy, Roi du Porc (short)

        ◘ Willy Moralisateur (short)

        ◘ Willy surveille Bébé (short)

        ◘ Willy Tambour de la Garde (short)

1915 ◘ Protéa III ou La Course à la Mort (three episodes: prologue and five parts; prologue and four parts; prologue and three parts)

        ◘ Willy Correspondant de Guerre (short)

1916 ◘ Willy et Collin / Collin et Willy (short)

        ◘ Willy et l'Heure légale (short)

        ◘ Willy et le Gagnant du Grand-Prix (short)

        ◘ Willy, tu as tué ma Fille (short)

1921 ◘ Le Drame des Eaux mortes