Giono, Jean

(March 30, 1895, Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France - October 8, 1970, Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France)

   A writer since 1929 (Colline), he was always inter­ested in movies, and he wrote many texts on the subject. Several of his novels and short stories were brought to the screen (1933 Jofroi / USA: Ways of Love, from Jofroi de la Maussan, medium-length, Mar­cel Pagnol; 1934 Angèle / Un de Baumugnes, Marcel Pagnol; 1937 Regain / USA: Harvest, Marcel Pagnol; 1938 La Femme du Boulanger / USA: The Baker's WifeF from the novella Jean le Bleu, Marcel Pagnol; 1949 Le Bout de la RouteF Emile Couzinet; 1957 Kara talihF from Un de BaumugnesF Lutfu Akat, Turkey; 1958 Le Foulard de Smyrne, short, also author of commentary, actor, François Villiers; 1963 Les Grands Chemins / Il baro / UK and USA: Of Flesh and Blood, Christian Marquand, France / Italy; Un Roi sans Divertissement, also original novel, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer, Fran­çois Leterrier; 1965 Le Chant du Monde / Ossessione nuda / La saga dei Forrest, Marcel Camus, France / Italy; 1973 Le Déserteur, TV, Alain Boudet; 1979 Jean le Bleu, TV, Hélène Martin; 1980 Colline, TV, Lazare Iglésis, 1981 Faust au Village, TV, Jean-Pierre Prévost; 1984 Les Cavaliers de l'Orage, from Deux Cavaliers de l'Orage, Gérard Vergez; 1987 L'Homme qui plantait des Arbres / USA: The Man Who Planted Trees, animated short, Frédéric Back, Canada; 1989 Der Mann mit den BaumenF Werner Kubny, West Germany; 1990 L'Ami GionoF five episodes: "Jofroi de la Maussan", Marcel Bluwal; "Ennemonde", Claude Santelli; "L'Onorato", Marcel Bluwal; "Ivan Ivanovitch Kossiakoff", Fabrice Cazeneuve; "Le Déserteur", Gérard Mordillat; 1995 Le Poids du Ciel, short, Laurent Herbiet; Le Hussard sur le Toit / USA: The Horseman on the Roof, Jean-Paul Rap-peneau; 1999 La Femme du Boulanger, TV, from Jean le BleuF Nicolas Ribowski; 2001 Les Âmes fortes / UK and USA: Savage Souls, Raoul Ruiz, France / Belgium / Switzerland). He wrote the screenplay, dialogue, and commentary of L'Eau vive / US TV: Girl and the River (also narrator, François Villiers) and co-authored the screenplay and adaptation of L'Etoile du Sud / The Southern Star (Sidney Hayers, France / UK). He also appeared in films (1959 La Duchesse, short, François Villiers; 1960 Les Gens de Lettres, short, as himself, Henri Champetier, Léonce Peillard).

 Filmography

1960 ◘ Crésus (with Claude Pinoteau as technical adviser; also screenwriter, dialogist, co-producer)