Couzinet, Emile

(November 12, 1896, Bourg-sur-Gironde, Gironde, France - October 24, 1964, Bordeaux, Gironde, France)

   He made his fortune as a casino manager in Royan. In 1920, he founded a film release company, Burgus Films, and opened his first movie theater, the Gallia, in Agen. He designed the plans of the Rex, a baroque pictures temple in Bordeaux that was classified as a historical monument. In 1938, he became a producer, created his own studios (La Côte d'Argent [The Silver Coast]) in Royan, and directed his first feature film. He shot some of the silliest comedies ever filmed and is regarded by some critics as a kind of (wealthy!) French cousin of Ed Wood. He produced two movies (1956 L'Inspecteur connaît la Musique, Jean Josipovici; 1965 Le Coup de Grâce, Jean Cayrol, Claude Durand).

 Filmography

1939 ◘ Le Club des Fadas (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ L'Intrigante ou La Belle Bordelaise (also producer)

        ◘ Andorra ou les Hommes d'Airain (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Le Brigand gentilhomme (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist, producer)

1947 ◘ Hyménée (also screenwriter, adapter as Robert Eyquem, producer, editor)

        ◘ Un Sourire dans la Nature (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Colomba (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist as Robert Eyquem, producer)

        ◘ Le Bout de la Route (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist as Robert Eyquem, producer)

        ◘ Un Trou dans le Mur (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist as Robert Eyquem, producer)

        ◘ Trois Marins dans un Couvent (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist as Robert Eyquem, producer)

        ◘ Le Cauchemar d'Hortense Pingouin (medium-length; also screenwriter, dialogist as Robert Eyquem, producer)

        ◘ Le Don d'Adèle (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist as Robert Eyquem, producer)

        ◘ Ce Coquin d'Anatole (also screenwriter, adapter, co-dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Buridan, Héros de la Tour de Nesle (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Trois Vieilles Filles en Folie (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Le Curé de Saint-Amour (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

1953 ◘ Quand te tues-tu? (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ La Famille Cucuroux (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1954 ◘ Trois Jours de Bringue à Paris (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Le Congrès des Belles-Mères (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)

        ◘ Mon Curé Champion de Régiment (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Trois Marins en Bordée (also screenwriter, dialogist as Robert Eyquem, producer)

1959 ◘ Quai des Ilusions / La legge mi incolpa (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer, editor; France / Italy; shot in 1956)

1962 ◘ Césarin joue les "Etroits Mousquetaires" (also screenwriter, dialogist, producer)