Feyder, Paul

(Paul Frédérix / April 18, 1922, Paris, France - December 16, 1999, France)

   The son of director Jacques Feyder, he directed only one feature film and was known mostly as an assistant director (1947 La Fleur de l'Âge, Marcel Carné, unfinished; 1948 Dédée d'Anvers / USA: Dedee / Woman of Antwerp, Yves Allégret; 1949 Une si Jolie petite Plage / UK and USA: Riptide / Such a Pretty Little Beach, Yves Allégret; 1950 Manèges / USA: The Cheat / The Wanton, Yves Allégret; La Ronde / UK and USA: Roundabout, Max Ophuls; 1951 Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois / I miracoli non si repetono, Yves Allégret, France / Italy; 1952 Nez de Cuir / Naso di cuoio / Gentiluomo d'amore, Yves Allégret, France / Italy; La Jeune Folle / Desperate Decision / Revenge at Daybreak, Yves Allégret; 1956 En effeuillant la Marguerite / UK: Mam'selle Striptease / USA: Please, Mr. Balzac / Plucking the Daisy, Marc Allégret; Et Dieu . . . créa la Femme / E Dio creo la donna / Piace a troppo / UK: And Woman . . . Was Created / USA: . . . And God Created Woman, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; 1957 Love in the Afternoon, Billy Wilder, USA; 1958 Paris Holiday, Gerd Oswald, USA; Les Bijoutiers du Clair de Lune / Gli amanti del chiaro di luna / UK: Heaven Fell That Night / USA: The Night Heaven Fell, Roger Vadim, France / Italy; 1959 Douze Heures d'Horloge / Ihr Verbrechen war Liebe, Geza von Radvanyi, France / West Germany; 1961 Goodbye Again / Aimez-vous Brahms?, Anatole Litvak, USA / France; The Big Gamble, Richard Fleischer; Le Cave se rebiffe / Il re dei falsari / UK: The Counterfeiters / USA: Money Money Money / The Counterfeiters of Paris, Gilles Grangier, France / Italy; 1962 Gigot, Gene Kelly, USA; Le Couteau dans la Plaie / Il coltello nella piaga / La terza dimensione / USA: Five Miles to Midnight, Ana­tole Litvak, France / Italy; 1964 Paris When It Sizzles / Together in Paris, Richard Quine, USA, shot in 1962; Behold a Pale Horse, Fred Zinnemann, USA; 1965 Lady L, Peter Ustinov, France / Italy / UK; 1966 How to Steal a Million, William Wyler; 1968 L'Homme à la Buick, as first assistant, Gilles Grangier, shot in 1966; A Flea in Her Ear / La Puce à l'Oreille, Jacques Charon, USA / France; 1969 L'Arbre de Noël / L'albero di Natale / USA: The Christmas Tree / US video: When Wolves Cry, Ter­ence Young, France / Italy; 1970 Hello-Goodbye, Jean Negulesco, UK; 1973 Far West, Jacques Brel, France / Belgium; 1974 Les Gaspards / De rare snuiters / UK: The Holes / USA: The Down-in-the-Hole Gang, as first assistant, Pierre Tchernia, France / Belgium; 1975 Love and Death, as first assistant, Woody Allen, USA; 1977 Bobby Deerfield, Sydney Pollack, USA; 1981 Condor-man, Charles Jarrott, UK and USA; 1984 Les Voleurs de la Nuit / UK and USA: Thieves of Night, Samuel Fuller; 1984 Mistral's Daughter (TV miniseries, Kevin Connor, Douglas Hickox, USA).

 Filmography

1969 ◘ La Promesse