Léo Joannon
Léo Joannon (21 August 1904 – 28 March 1969) was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman.
Joannon first attracted international attention in early 1939 during the production of S.O.S. Mediterranean, when his attempts to include shots of a German naval ship docked in the port of Tangier created a diplomatic incident between the pre-World War II French and German governments. The film later won the Grand Prix du Cinema Français.
Joannon is best known to international audiences as the director of the comedy film Atoll K (1951), which was the final motion picture starring the legendary comedic double act Laurel and Hardy. Among his other better-known films were Le Defroqué (1954) and Fort du Fou (Outpost in Indochina) (1962).
Joannon died in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Movies (48)
Les Arnaud
1967 · Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
Three Disordered Children
1966 · Director, Screenplay
Outpost in Indo-china
1963 · Director
Assassin in the Phonebook
1962 · Doctor Jousseaume, Director, Adaptation
Amazons of Rome
1961 · Screenplay
So Much Love Lost
1958 · Writer, Director
The Desert of Pigalle
1958 · Maurice, Director
A Girl in a Pocket
1957 · Third employee
Lovers of Paris
1957 · Writer
L'Homme aux clés d'or
1956 · Maître Ballanger (uncredited), Director, Writer
Sister Angele's Secret
1956 · Boss of the boat, Writer, Director
The Aristocrats
1955 · Le prince de Conti, le voisin « nouveau riche »
Casta diva
1954 · Story, Screenplay
The Rebels of Lomanach
1954 · Writer
The Unfrocked One
1954 · Director, Screenplay
Drôle de noce
1952 · Writer, Producer, Director
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · Screenplay
Robinson Crusoeland
1951 · Director, Story
Le 84 prend des vacances
1950 · Director
Secret Documents
1945 · Director
Children of Chaos
1944 · Director
Lucrèce
1943 · Director
The White Truck
1943 · Art Direction, Director
Whims
1942 · Director, Screenplay
The Emigrant
1940 · Screenplay, Director
Hell's Cargo
1939 · Story
S.O.S. Mediterranean
1938 · Director, Story
Le Chanteur de minuit
1937 · Director
De man zonder hart
1937 · Director
L'Homme sans cœur
1937 · Director
Confessions of a Newlywed
1937 · Director
Quand minuit sonnera
1936 · Director
Klokslag twaalf
1936 · Director
Excursion Train
1936 · Director
Les Conquêtes de César
1936 · Director
Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue
1936 · Director
What a Funny Kid!
1935 · Director
Bibi-la-Purée
1935 · Director
We Found a Naked Woman
1934 · Director
600,000 francs per month
1933 · Director
He has lost a bride
1932 · Director
Suzanne
1932 · Director
Durand versus Durand
1931 · Director
On the voice of happiness
1931 · Director
Farewell, friends
1931 · Director
The Woman and the Puppet
1929 · Don Mateo's Friend
Fünf bange Tage
1928 · Screenplay
Iceland Fisherman
1924
