Henri Decoin
Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 m freestyle. He competed in the 400 m freestyle at the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
During World War I Decoin served as a pilot. After that he worked as a sports journalist for L'Auto, L'Intransigeant and Paris-Soir. In 1926 he published his first book, influenced by Dadaism, the experimental and prize-winning Quinze Combats (Fifteen Rounds), in which a boxing match is seen subjectively by a boxer, and in 1933 directed his first film, Les requins du pétrole (The Oil Sharks).
He was known for tackling many genres; with adaptations of Georges Simenon as The Strangers in the House (1942) - featuring Raimu in one of his famous roles, and The Truth Of Our Marriage (1952), historical films like The Case Of Poisons (1955), and The Iron Mask (1962), espionage flicks like The Cat (1958), police procedurals with Raid on the Drug Ring (1955) and Fire To The Powder (1957), psychological dramas in Green Domino (1935) (where he first met his second wife, Danielle Darrieux), and The Lovers Are Alone In The World (1948) and even an odd film noir like Between Eleven And Midnight (1949). He worked with such stars of French cinema as Jean Marais, Louis Jouvet, Juliette Gréco, Lino Ventura, Corinne Calvet, Anouk Aimée, and Jean Gabin; to name a few.
He directed Darrieux in several films, and accompanied her to Hollywood in 1938 while she signed a Universal Pictures contract. He took the opportunity to observe how Hollywood made films, and returned to France with these techniques in hand. Decoin was one of the more prolific directors of his time. Decoin was married four times. His second marriage was to actress and singer Danielle Darrieux. He had two sons; Jacques Decoin (1928–1998) and Didier Decoin who was also a prominent screenwriter.
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Movies (63)
Danielle Darrieux : Il est poli d'être gai !
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Jean Marais, le mal rouge et or
2006 · Self (archive footage)
License to Kill
1964 · Director
Pariahs of Glory
1964 · Director, Writer
Casablanca, Nest of Spies
1963 · Director
The Iron Mask
1962 · Director
Where the Truth Lies
1962 · Writer, Director
The Pavements of Paris
1961 · Director
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960 · Director
Tender and Violent Elisabeth
1960 · Writer, Director
The Cat Shows Her Claws
1960 · Director, Writer
Atomic Agent
1959 · Director
Too Late to Love
1959 · Director, Writer
The Cat
1958 · Director
Too Many Lovers
1957 · Director
Anyone Can Kill Me
1957 · Director, Screenplay
Burning Fuse
1957 · Director, Writer
An Evening at the Music Hall
1956 · Director, Writer
The Affair of the Poisons
1955 · Director, Writer
Razzia
1955 · Director, Writer
One Step to Eternity
1954 · Screenplay, Director
The Secrets of the Bed
1954 · Director, Screenplay
The Scheming Women
1954 · Director, Screenplay
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953 · Director, Writer
The Lovers of Toledo
1953 · Director
The Truth About Bebe Donge
1952 · Director
Love and Desire
1951 · Self, the director (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
Clara de Montargis
1951 · Writer, Director
Paris Incident
1950 · Director
At the Grand Balcony
1949 · Director
Portrait of a Murderer
1949 · Screenplay
Between Eleven and Midnight
1949 · Director, Adaptation
Monelle
1948 · Director
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
1947 · Director
Not Guilty
1947 · Director
Clockface Cafe
1947 · Director, Screenplay
Devil's Daughter
1946 · Director, Writer
I Am with You
1943 · Director
The London Man
1943 · Director, Writer
Love Marriage
1942 · Director
The Benefactor
1942 · Director
Strangers in the House
1942 · Director
Annette and the Blonde Woman
1942 · Screenplay
Her First Affair
1941 · Director, Screenplay
Beating Heart
1940 · Director
Return at Dawn
1938 · Writer, Director
Abused Confidence
1937 · Writer, Director
The Virgin Bride
1937 · Director
Port Arthur
1936 · Writer
Port Arthur
1936 · Writer
The Green Domino
1935 · Director
King of the Camargue
1935 · Writer
Poliche
1934 · Writer
Toboggan
1934 · Screenplay, Director
The Blue Ones of the Sky
1933 · Writer, Director
The Oil Sharks
1933 · Dialogue, Director
I Will Love You Always
1933 · Director, Dialogue, Adaptation
Sailor's Song
1932 · Writer
The Unknown Singer
1931 · Screenplay
Dragnet Night
1931 · Writer
La ronde infernale
1928 · Writer
The Race for Love
1925 · Screenplay
The Unknown Singer
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