Director

Léo Joannon

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Directed movies: 27Directed series: 0All crew credits: 36

TMDB ID: 935854

IMDb ID: nm0423329

Known for: Directing

Born: August 21, 1904

Died: March 28, 1969

Age: 64

Place of birth: Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1924 - 1967

Years active: 44

Average TMDB rating: 5.73

Wikidata: Q966760

Also known as

Joannon • Raoul Lagneau • Lagneau • Rémy Satz

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Biography

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. Source: Article "Léo Joannon" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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