Chanas, René

(René Lindecker / September 13, 1913, Paris, France - July 9, 1990, Paris, France)

   He graduated with a bachelor's degree in history. While still a student at the Beaux-Arts, he earned a living as an effects man for Pathé. From 1937 to 1944, he directed shorts for the same society. In 1945, he created his own production company, Les Artistes et Techniciens Associés, and shot his first feature film.

 Filmography

1937 ◘ Légendes d'Alsace (short)

        ◘ La Cité, Origine de Paris (documentary; short; co-director with François Ardoin)

        ◘ La Danse éternelle (documentary; short; co-director with François Ardoin)

        ◘ Orgues de France (documentary; short; co-director with Marcel Lasseaux)

        ◘ Symphonie en blanc (documentary; short; co-director with François Ardoin)

        ◘ Trente Jours au-dessus des Nuages (documentary; short)

1943 ◘ Fabrication de la Monnaie (documentary; short; co-director with Marcel Lasseaux)

        ◘ Monnaie de France (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Secrets de la Pêche à la Ligne (documentary; short)

1944 ◘ Ailes blanches (documentary; short)

        ◘ La Pêche sportive (documentary; short)

        ◘ Le Jugement dernier (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Face à la Vie / Je ne veux plus être timide (short)

        ◘ La Taverne du Poisson couronné (also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Carcasse et le Tord-Cou

        ◘ Le Colonel Durand (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ L'Escadron blanc (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Un Sourire dans la Tempête / Ein Lacheln in Sturm / Sturm uber Alaska (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, producer)

1952 ◘ Seuls au Monde

        ◘ Les Géants sont morts (documentary; short)

1953 ◘ Je suis un Mouchard (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Mon Vieux Paris et ses Fantômes (documentary; short)

1954 ◘ La Patrouille des Sables / Tres hombres van a morir (also screenwriter; France / Spain)