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Léo Joannon

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 08/21/1904 († 64, 03/28/1969) | Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France)
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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

Pierre Fresnay plays the title character in Le Defroque (The Defrocked One). Cast out by his church, former priest Maurice (Fresnay) delights in mocking the traditions and credos of Catholicism. Even ...

The Unfrocked One

Certification unknown

1954 | 2.5/5 | 1h 47min
Drama
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Mr and Mrs Barbezat,Concierges are to marry their only daughter to a butcher's boy. Both the in-laws and the groom have an obsession: come what may, they are keen on honoring their engagements: promis ...

Drôle de noce

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1952 | 2.3/5 | 1h 13min
Comedy
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The scene of action embraces Tangier, Toulon and the Mediterranean, where Pierre Fresnay, Rolf Wanka and Kim Peacock, cast as captains of French, German and English boats, respectively, unite to rescu ...

S.O.S. Mediterranean

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1938 | 3.0/5 | 1h 44min
Adventure
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A young mechanic is given a strange job: to convey the king of the gypsies' embalmed dead body on a very long route. ...

The White Truck

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1943 | 1h 52min
Drama, Comedy
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Movies with Léo Joannon as Actor(4)

as Maurice1958 Le Désert de Pigalle
as Troisième employé1957 A Girl in a Pocket
1931 Farewell, friends
as Don Mateo's Friend1929 The Woman and the Puppet

TV Shows/Series with Léo Joannon as Actor(1)

as himself1956 Cinépanorama

Movies with Léo Joannon as Crew(56)

Directing/Director1967 Les Arnaud
Writing/Adaptation1967 Les Arnaud
Writing/Screenplay1967 Les Arnaud
Directing/Director1966 Three Disordered Children
Writing/Screenplay1966 Three Disordered Children
Directing/Director1963 Outpost in Indo-china
Directing/Director1962 Assassin in the Phonebook
Writing/Adaptation1962 Assassin in the Phonebook
Writing/Screenplay1961 Amazons of Rome
Directing/Director1958 Tant d'amour perdu
Directing/Director1958 Le Désert de Pigalle
Writing/Writer1957 Lovers of Paris
Directing/Director1956 Sister Angele's Secret
Directing/Director1956 L'Homme aux clés d'or
Writing/Writer1956 L'Homme aux clés d'or
Directing/Director1954 The Unfrocked One
Writing/Screenplay1954 The Unfrocked One
Writing/Story1954 Casta diva
Writing/Screenplay1954 Casta diva
Writing/Writer1954 The Rebels of Lomanach
Directing/Director1952 Drôle de noce
Production/Producer1952 Drôle de noce
Writing/Writer1952 Drôle de noce
Writing/Screenplay1952 The Seven Deadly Sins
Directing/Director1951 Utopia
Writing/Story1951 Utopia
Directing/Director1950 Le 84 prend des vacances
Directing/Director1945 Secret Documents
Directing/Director1944 Children of Chaos
Art/Art Direction1943 The White Truck
Directing/Director1943 The White Truck
Directing/Director1943 Lucrèce
Directing/Director1942 Whims
Writing/Screenplay1942 Whims
Directing/Director1940 The Emigrant
Writing/Screenplay1940 The Emigrant
Writing/Story1939 Hell's Cargo
Directing/Director1938 S.O.S. Mediterranean
Writing/Story1938 S.O.S. Mediterranean
Directing/Director1937 Confessions of a Newlywed
Directing/Director1937 Le chanteur de minuit
Directing/Director1937 L'homme sans coeur
Directing/Director1937 De Man Zonder Hart
Directing/Director1936 Les conquêtes de César
Directing/Director1936 Train de plaisir
Directing/Director1936 Quand minuit sonnera
Directing/Director1936 Klokslag Twaalf
Directing/Director1935 What a Funny Kid!
Directing/Director1935 Bibi-la-Purée
Directing/Director1934 We Found a Naked Woman
Directing/Director1933 600,000 francs per month
Directing/Director1932 Suzanne
Directing/Director1932 He has lost a bride
Directing/Director1931 Durand versus Durand
Directing/Director1931 Farewell, friends
Directing/Director1931 On the voice of happiness

Citizenship: France
Born: Sunday, 08/21 1904 (August) in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France)
Died: Friday, 03/28 1969 (March) in Neuilly-sur-Seine (aged: 64)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: French (FR)
Siblings: Marcel Provence
Other names for Léo Joannon (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Raoul Lagneau"
"Rémy Satz"
"Joannon"
"Léon Gabriel Paul Joannon"
Léo Joannon frequently works together with these people:
Charles Lemontier (9x, Actor)
Paul Demange (6x, Actor)
Louis de Bree (5x, Actor)
Georges Bever (5x, Actor)
Roland Quignon (5x, Crew)
Jean Wiener (5x, Crew)
Marcelle Monthil (5x, Actress)
Saturnin Fabre (5x, Actor)
Palmyre Levasseur (4x, Actress)
Nicolas Amato (4x, Actor)
Monique Isnardon (4x, Crew)
Frédéric Rossif (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:31542, Added: 05/09/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024