Valère, Jean

(May 21, 1925, Paris, France - )

   After several training periods in the film printing and developing laboratories at CTM of Genevilliers and Montreuil, he became a second assistant director (1948 Le Destin exécrable de Guillemette Babin, Guil­laume Radot, 1949 Jo la Romance, Gilles Grangier, 1950 La Marie du Port, Marcel Carné) and then first assistant director (1949 La Maternelle, Henri Diamant-Berger; Mademoiselle de La Ferté, Roger Dallier; 1950 Meurtres / UK and USA: Three Sinners, Richard Pottier; 1951 Caroline Chérie / USA: Dear Caroline, Richard Pottier; Monsieur Fabre / USA: Amazing Monsieur Fabre, Henri Diamant-Berger; 1952 Le Plaisir / UK and USA: House of Pleasure / Pleasure, Max Ophuls; 1953 Le Témoin de Minuit, Dimitri Kirsanoff; Thérèse Raquin / Teresa Raquin / USA: The Adultress, Marcel Carné, France / Italy; 1954 Avant le Déluge / Prima del deluvio / USA: Before the Deluge, André Cayatte, France / Italy; Mam'zelle Nitouche / Santarellina / UK: Oh No, Mam'zelle, Yves Allégret, France / Italy; La Belle Otéro / La bella Otero, Richard Pottier, France / Italy; 1955 Le Dossier noir / Fascicolo nero, André Cayatte, France / Italy; 1956 Les Salauds vont en Enfer / USA: The Wicked Go to Hell, Robert Hossein, Oeil pour Oeil / Occhio per occhio / USA: An Eye for an Eye / US TV: Eyes of the Sahara, André Cayatte, France / Italy; Rencontre à Paris, Georges Lampin).

 Filmography

1955 ◘ Paris la Nuit (short; co-director with Jacques Baratier; also co-screenwriter)

1957 ◘ Jour de Fête à Moscou (short; also screenwriter)

1959 ◘ La Sentence (also co-screenwriter)

1961 ◘ Les Grandes Personnes / Desideri proibiti / USA: Time Out for Love (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

1964 ◘ Le Gros Coup / Il triangolo del delitto (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ La Femme écarlate / La donna scarlatta / USA: The Bitch Wants Blood (also screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Italy)

        ◘ Mont-Dragon (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter; France / Belgium)

1982 ◘ La Baraka (also co-adapter)

 Television Filmography

1966 ◘ Anatole

1978 ◘ Il était un Musicien (episode "Monsieur Satie")

1985 ◘ Vive la Mariée (also co-screenwriter)