Andréani, Henri

(Gustave Sarrus / April 10, 1877, La Garde-Freinet, Var, France - April 30, 1936, Paris, France)

   The son of a cork maker, he entered films as Charles Pathé's secretary before working as assistant direc­tor to Ferdinand Zecca and Gaston Velle. He soon shot historical films himself. In 1921, he was assistant director again (1921 Les Trois Mousquetaires, twelve episodes: "L'Auberge de Meung", "Les Mousquetaires de M. de Tréville", "La Lingère du louvre", "Les Fer­rets de Diamant", "Pour l'Amour de la Reine", "Le Bal des Echevins", "Le Pavillon d'Estrées", "L'Auberge du Colombier Rouge", "Le Bastion Saint-Gervais", "La Tour de Portsmouth", "Le Couvent de Béthune", "Le Cabane de la Lys"; Henri Diamant-Berger) and four years later a technical collaborator to Abel Gance (1927 Napoléon vu par Abel Gance / USA: Abel Gance's Napoléon / Napoléon (Abel Gance). He never directed a talking picture and died penniless at age fifty-nine.

 Filmography

1908 ◘ Les Rivaux de Harlem

        ◘ Le Secret de l'Acier (co-director with Vanyl)

        ◘ Le Pont fatal (short)

1909 ◘ Cléopâtre / UK: Antony and Cleopatra / USA:

        ◘ Cleopatra (co-director with Ferdinand Zecca; also producer)

        ◘ Samson (short; co-director with Ferdinand Zecca)

1910 ◘ Le Caprice du Vainqueur (short; co-director with Ferdinand Zecca; also screenwriter)

        ◘ David et Goliath (short)

        ◘ Grandeur d'Ame (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Messaline (short; unconfirmed; movie directed by Henri Andréani or Albert Capellani; also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ La Rocadora (short)

        ◘ La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, Duc d'Aquitaine / USA: A Tragic Adventure (short; co-director with Ferdinand Zecca; also co-screenwriter)

1911 ◘ Caïn et Abel / USA: Cain and Abel (short)

        ◘ David et Saul / USA: Saul and David (short)

        ◘ Le Devoir et l'Honneur (short; also screenwriter, actor)

        ◘ Laust (short; co-director with Georges Fagot; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Laël et Sisera (short)

        ◘ Le Marchand d'Images / USA: The Fairy Book­seller (unconfirmed; movie directed by Henri Andréani or Gaston Velle)

        ◘ Moïse sauvé des Eaux (short; unconfirmed; movie directed by Henri Andréani or Michel Carré)

        ◘ Le Sacrifice d'Abraham / USA: Abraham's Sacri­fice (short)

        ◘ Le Siège de Calais (short; also screenwriter)

1912 ◘ Absalon (also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Homme qui assassina (short; also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Le Jugement de Salomon (short)

        ◘ Le Martyre de Saint Etienne (short)

        ◘ La Mort de Saul / USA: The Death of Saul (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Rivaux d'Arnheim (short)

        ◘ Le Sacrifice d'Ismaël (short)

        ◘ Le Tournoi de l'Echarpe d'Or (short; also screenwriter)

1913 ◘ Esther (short; also actor)

        ◘ La Fille de Jephté (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Fils de Lagardère

        ◘ Les Frères ennemis (unconfirmed; co-director with René Leprince / Henri Pouctal)

        ◘ Lacques l'Honneur

        ◘ Joseph, Fils de Jacob (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ 1870-1871 (short)

        ◘ Rebecca (short)

        ◘ La Reine de Saba (short; co-director with René Leprince)

1914 ◘ Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède

        ◘ Le Club des Treize

        ◘ Les Enfants d'Edouard Sème la Mort (short)

        ◘ La France avant tout (short)

        ◘ L'Océan ou les Enfants de la Mer / L'Océan

1922 ◘ Ziska, la Danseuse espionne

        ◘ Mimi Trottin

1924 ◘ L'Autre Aile

        ◘ Flamenca la Gitane

        ◘ La Pente