Canolle, Jean

(Jean Pascal Louis Canolle / May 25, 1919, Toulon, Var, France - )

   A former assistant to directors Jean Grémillon, Jacques Feyder, Léonide Moguy, and Vittorio de Sica, he was also author of radio serials (notably 42 Rue Courte, 2, 260 episodes from 1956 to 1965), a playwright, and a novelist (about fifteen novels, including Lutte contre la Bête, La Belle Cordire, 1944; Des Vessies pour des Lanternes, Editions Mondiales, 1954; Le Connétable, Jul-liard, 1956; L'Homme au Papier bleu, Julliard, 1957; Font-couverte, Denoël, 1965; Le Temps des Copains, Denoël, 1965; Sylvie des 3 Ormes, Gautier-Languereau, 1968; Les Demoiselles de Suresnes, Gautier-Languereau, 1968; Le Cavalier rouge, Robert Laffont, 1970; La Ribaudaille, Robert Laffont, 1971; La Sauvagesse, Trévise, 1974; Le Jaguar, Robert Laffont, 1976; Le Dieu fou, Carrère, 1986; La Maison des Esclaves, Robert Laffont, 1989; Kinkéliba, Robert Laffont, 1991; Sir Basil, Robert Laffont, 1992). He also co-wrote movies (1961 Le Puits aux Trois Vérités / Il pozzo delle tre verità, as co-adapter only, François Villiers; 1962 Mon Oncle du Texas, also dialogist, Robert Guez; 1963 Le Temps des Copains, also adapter, dialogist, Robert Guez; Le Roi du Village / Bikini pericolosi, also dia­logist, Henri Gruel, France / Italy) and TV (1961-1962 Le Temps des Copains, 115 X 13', Robert Guez; 1965 Foncouverte, 52 X 13', Robert Guez; 1968 Les Demoi­selles de Suresnes, 26 X 13', Pierre Goutas; Sylvie des 3 Ormes, 26 X 13', André Pergament; 1969 Alice où es-tu?, 26 X 13', Paul Siegrist, France / Switzerland; 1980 La Vie des Autres, episode "Le Secret de Vallincourt", Emmanuel Fonlladosa; 1981 La Vie des Autres, episode "Sofia", Gilles Legrand).

 Filmography

1971 ◘ Une Drôle de Bourrique (also adapter; shot in 1969)

 Television Filmography

1970 ◘ Maurin des Maures (52 X 13'; co-director with Claude Dagues)

1972 ◘ Les Habits neufs du Grand Duc

1987 ◘ La Calanque (50 X 26')