Daniel-Norman, Jacques

(1901, Lyon, Rhône, France - December 12, 1978, Paris, France)

   After completing his law studies, he attended Firmin Gémier's courses at the Conservatoire. A stage actor in Boulevard plays, he entered films as a screenwriter of Maurice Cammage (1935 Un Soir de Bombe, as screenwriter, dialogist; La Mariée du Régiment, as screenwriter, dialogist; 1936 La Petite Dame du Wagon-Lit, as screenwriter; Prête-moi ta Femme, as co-screenwriter; 1937 Une Femme qui se partage, as screenwriter, dialogist; Mon Député et sa Femme, as screenwriter, dialogist; La Belle de Montparnasse, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist) and René Pujol (1936 Bach Détective, as co-screenwriter). He also supervised the shootings of several movies (1950 Les Nouveaux Maîtres, Paul Nivoix; 1952 Hold-Up en Mu­sique / Le Gang des Pianos à Bretelles, Gilles de Turenne; 1960 Bomben im Monte-Carlo / Eddie làsst die Bomben platzen / Ça peut toujours servir, Georg Jacoby, West Germany / Italy).

 Filmography

1938 ◘ Si tu reviens (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1936)

        ◘ Prince de mon Cœur (also co-dialogist)

        ◘ Marseille de mes Amours (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Le Briseur de Chaînes

        ◘ La Loi du Printemps (also dialogist)

        ◘ Ne le criez pas sur les Toits

        ◘ L'Aventure est au Coin de la Rue (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

1946 ◘ 120, Rue de la Gare (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Monsieur Grégoire s'évade (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Trois Cousines (also adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Diamant de Cent Sous (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Si ça peut vous faire Plaisir (also co-adapter)

        ◘ La Femme que j'ai assassinée

1949 ◘ L'Ange rouge / USA: The Red Angel (also adapter)

1951 ◘ Cœur-sur-Mer (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)

        ◘ Dakota 308 (also co-adapter)

1952 ◘ Son Dernier Noël (also screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1954 ◘ Tourments (also adapter, co-dialogist)

1961 ◘ Alerte au Barrage (also screenwriter, co-adapter, dialogist; unreleased)