Zwoboda, André

(March 3, 1910, Paris, France-May 12, 1994, Dreux, Eure-et-Loire, France)

   He began his film career as an assistant to André Berthomieu (1936 L'Amant de Madame Vidal; Le Mort en Fuite) and Jean Renoir (1939 La Règle du Jeu / USA: The Rules of the Game, also actor). Working occasion­ally as a production manager (1938 La Marseillaise, Jean Renoir; 1941 La Romance de Paris, Jean Boyer) and producer (1951 Casabianca / USA: Pirate Subma­rine, Georges Péclet; 1966 La Noire de . . . , Ousmane Sembène, France / Senegal), he directed his first fea­ture film, a science-fiction comedy, in 1942.

 Filmography

1936 ◘ La Vie est à nous / UK and USA: The People of France (as co-screenwriter, co-director only)

        ◘ Croisières sidérales

        ◘ Une Etoile au Soleil 1945 Farandole

        ◘ François Villon (also co-adapter)

1947 ◘ Ermites du Bled (documentary short)

        ◘ Leux de Stade (documentary short)

        ◘ 24 Heures de la Vie d'un Bled (documentary short)

        ◘ La Septième Porte (shot in 1946)

        ◘ Noces de Sable / USA: Daughter of the Sands (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nos Cousins des Iles (short)

        ◘ Lages d'Exil (short)

        ◘ Capitaine Ardant (also co-adapter)

        ◘ Echec à la Misère (short)

        ◘ La Fête imprévue (short)