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.
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Filmography
all 48
Movies 47
Director 36
Writer 6
TV Shows 1
self 1
Screenplay 1
Les Arnaud (1967)
Three Disordered Children (1966)
Outpost in Indo-china (1963)
Assassin in the Phonebook (1962)
Amazons of Rome (1961)
So Much Love Lost (1958)
Le Désert de Pigalle (1958)
A Girl in a Pocket (1957)
Lovers of Paris (1957)
L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956)
Sister Angele's Secret (1956)
Cinépanorama (1956)
Casta diva (1954)
The Rebels of Lomanach (1954)
The Unfrocked One (1954)
Drôle de noce (1952)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Utopia (1951)
Le 84 prend des vacances (1950)
Secret Documents (1945)
Children of Chaos (1944)
Lucrèce (1943)
The White Truck (1943)
Whims (1942)
The Emigrant (1940)
Hell's Cargo (1939)
S.O.S. Mediterranean (1938)
Le chanteur de minuit (1937)
De Man Zonder Hart (1937)
L'Homme sans cœur (1937)
Confessions of a Newlywed (1937)
Quand minuit sonnera (1936)
Klokslag Twaalf (1936)
Train de plaisir (1936)
Les conquêtes de César (1936)
Mais n'te promène donc pas toute nue (1936)
What a Funny Kid! (1935)
Bibi-la-Purée (1935)
We Found a Naked Woman (1934)
600,000 francs per month (1933)
He has lost a bride (1932)
Suzanne (1932)
Durand versus Durand (1931)
On the voice of happiness (1931)
Farewell, friends (1931)
The Woman and the Puppet (1929)
Fünf bange Tage (1928)
Iceland Fishermen (1924)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1904-08-21
Deathday1969-03-28 (64 years old)
Birth NameLéon Gabriel Paul Joannon
Birth PlaceAix-en-Provence, France
SiblingsMarcel Provence
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsJoannon, Raoul Lagneau, Lagneau, Rémy Satz
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