Grémillon, Jean

(October 3, 1901, Bayeux, Calvados, France - November 25, 1959, Paris, France)

   After completing his secondary studies at Brest and Bayeux, he moved to Paris, where he studied music with Vincent d'Indy. He started his working life playing violin with cinema orchestras that accompanied silent movies. He met cinematographer Georges Périnal, who became his collaborator on most of the films he directed.

 Filmography

1923 ◘ Chartres (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Le Revêtement des Routes / La Construction des Chaussées modernes (documentary; short; also editor)

1924 ◘ La Bière (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Du Fil à l'Aiguille (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ L'Etirage des Ampoules électriques (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ La Fabrication du Ciment artificiel (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ La Fabrication du Fil (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Les Parfums (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ La Photogénie mécanique (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Les Roulements à Billes (documentary; short; also editor)

1925 ◘ Les Aciéries de la Marine et de l'Homecourt (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ L'Auvergne (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ L'Education professionnelle des Conducteurs de

        ◘ Tramway (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ L'Electrification de la ligne Paris-Vierzon (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Naissance des Cigognes (documentary; short; also editor)

1926 ◘ La Croisière de l'"Atalante" (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Gratuités (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Un Tour au Large (medium-length; also screenwriter, editor)

        ◘ La Vie des Travailleurs italiens en France (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Maldone / USA: Misdeal (also composer)

        ◘ Bobs (documentary; short; also editor)

        ◘ Gardiens de Phare / USA: The Lighthouse Keep­ers (also editor)

        ◘ La Petite Lise

        ◘ Daïnah la Métisse (the movie was cut and then released as a medium-length disowned by

        ◘ Jean Grémillon)

1932 ◘ Pour un Sou d'Amour

        ◘ Le Petit Babouin (short; also editor, composer)

        ◘ Gonzague ou L'Accordeur (medium-length; also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Dolorosa (also co-screenwriter; Spain)

        ◘ Centinela, alerta! (co-director with Luis Bunuel; also editor; Spain)

        ◘ Valse royale (French-language version of Herbert Malsch's Konigswalzer; Germany / France)

        ◘ Pattes de Mouche (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Gueule d'Amour (also co-adapter)

        ◘ L'Etrange Monsieur Victor / Der Merkwurdige Monsieur Victor (France / Germany)

1941 ◘ Remorques / USA: Stormy Waters (shot in 1939-1940, 1941)

        ◘ Lumière d'Eté

        ◘ Le Ciel est à vous / UK: The Sky Is Yours / USA: The Woman Who Dared

        ◘ Le 6 Juin à l'Aube (documentary; medium-length; also screenwriter, author of commen­tary, composer)

1947 ◘ Le Printemps de la Liberté (short; also screenwriter, dialogist, composer)

1949 ◘ Pattes blanches / USA: White Paws

        ◘ Les Charmes de l'Existence / UK: The Charms of Life (short; co-director with Pierre Kast; also co-screenwriter, author of commentary)

1951 ◘ L'Etrange Madame X

        ◘ Caf' Conc' (unfinished)

        ◘ Les Désastres de la Guerre (short; also author of commentary, actor, composer)

1952 ◘ Astrologie / Le Miroir de la Vie (documentary; short; also composer)

        ◘ Encyclopédie filmée: Alchimie (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

1954 ◘ L'Amour d'une Femme / L'amore di una donna (also screenwriter, co-adapter, uncredited co-dialogist, France / Italy)

        ◘ Au Cœur de l'Ile-de-France (documentary; short; also composer)

        ◘ La Maison aux Images (documentary; short; also author of commentary, composer)

        ◘ Haute Lisse (short; author of commentary, composer)

1958 ◘ André Masson et les Quatre Eléments (short; also author of commentary, composer)