Jean Delannoy (12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director.Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family is from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Protestant, a descendant of Huguenots, some of whom fled the country during the French Wars of Religion first to settle in Wallonia then, after their name became De la Noye and then Delano, were on the second ship to emigrate to Plymouth, Massachusetts.He was a student in Paris when he began acting in silent films. He eventually landed a job with Paramount Studios Parisian facilities, working his way up to head film editor. In 1934 he directed his first film and went on to a long career, both writing and directing. In 1946, his film about a Protestant minister titled La symphonie pastorale was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1960, his film, Maigret tend un piège was nominated for a BAFTA award for "Best Film from any Source". In recognition of his long service to the French motion picture industry, in 1986 Delannoy received an Honorary César Award.
President of the Société des Auteurs de Films as of 1952.
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Celebrated his 100th birthday on January 12, 2008, in his home city of Bueil in Normandy, surrounded by his friends, among them famous actress Michèle Morgan. The ceremony took place in the small City Hall, which is named after him ("Salle des Fêtes Polyvalente Jean Delannoy"). He is the oldest French film director still alive as of January 2008.
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Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 199-203. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Marie de Nazareth
1995
Le gorille
1990
TV Series 1 episode
La passion de Bernadette
1989
Bernadette
1988
Tout est dans la fin
1987
TV Movie
Le crime de Pierre Lacaze
1983
TV Movie
Frère Martin
1981
TV Movie
L'été indien
1980
TV Movie
Les grandes conjurations: Le coup d'état du 2 décembre
1979
TV Movie
Hamlet
1978
TV Movie
Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
1978
TV Mini-Series
Le jeune homme et le lion
1977
TV Movie
Pas folle la guêpe
1972
Only the Cool
1970
Action Man
1967
Les Sultans
1966
The Double Bed
1965
Le majordome
1965
Les amitiés particulières
1964
Imperial Venus
1962
Le rendez-vous
1961
La princesse de Clèves
1961
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
segment ": "L'Adolescence"
Le baron de l'écluse
1960
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre
1959
Guinguette
1959
Inspector Maigret
1958
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
Shadow of the Guillotine
1956
The Little Rebels
1955
Obsession
1954
The Bed
1954
segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le"
Daughters of Destiny
1954
segment "Jeanne"
La route Napoléon
1953
The Moment of Truth
1952
Savage Triangle
1951
Dieu a besoin des hommes
1950
The Secret of Mayerling
1949
Aux yeux du souvenir
1948
Les jeux sont faits
1947
Pastoral Symphony
1946
La part de l'ombre
1945
Le bossu
1944
L'éternel retour
1943
Pontcarral, colonel d'empire
1942
L'assassin a peur la nuit
1942
Gambling Hell
1942
Fièvres
1942
Le diamant noir
1941
La Vénus de l'or
1938
Tamara la complaisante
1938
Ne tuez pas Dolly
1937
Short
La moule
1934
Short
Paris-Deauville
1934
Une vocation irrésistible
1934
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Marie de Nazareth
1995
Le gorille
1990
TV Series writer - 1 episode
La passion de Bernadette
1989
writer
Bernadette
1988
writer
Tout est dans la fin
1987
TV Movie script
Frère Martin
1981
TV Movie screenplay
L'été indien
1980
TV Movie screenplay
Le jeune homme et le lion
1977
TV Movie adaptation and dialogue
Pas folle la guêpe
1972
adaptation
Only the Cool
1970
adaptation
Action Man
1967
adaptation
Les Sultans
1966
Imperial Venus
1962
writer
Le rendez-vous
1961
adaptation
La princesse de Clèves
1961
uncredited
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre
1959
adaptation
Inspector Maigret
1958
adaptation
Shadow of the Guillotine
1956
The Little Rebels
1955
screenplay - uncredited
Obsession
1954
The Bed
1954
screenplay - segment "Lit de la Pompadour, Le"
La route Napoléon
1953
writer
The Moment of Truth
1952
Savage Triangle
1951
adaptation
The Secret of Mayerling
1949
writer
Aux yeux du souvenir
1948
writer
Les jeux sont faits
1947
adaptation
Pastoral Symphony
1946
adaptation
La part de l'ombre
1945
L'assassin a peur la nuit
1942
screenplay
Le diamant noir
1941
screenplay
Tamara la complaisante
1938
scenario
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
La part de l'ombre
1945
Fièvres
1942
La Vénus de l'or
1938
Feu!
1937
Nitchevo
1936
Club de femmes
1936
Michel Strogoff
1936
Tovaritch
1935
La moule
1934
Short
Le roi des Champs-Élysées
1934
Une vocation irrésistible
1934
Short
La belle marinière
1932
Le fils improvisé
1932
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Casanova
1934
La grande passion
1928
Miss Helyett
1927
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Satan's Paradise
1938
assistant director
Club de femmes
1936
assistant director
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le majordome
1965
producer
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ne tuez pas Dolly
1937
Short unit manager
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mémoires du cinéma francais, de la libération à nos jours
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself
100 ans d'industries techniques du cinéma
1995
Documentary
Himself
La nuit des Césars
1986
TV Series documentary
Himself - César d'honneur
Le grand échiquier
1981
TV Series
Himself
Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait