Léo Joannon(1904-1969)

Director
Writer
Actor

Léo Joannon was born on 21 August 1904 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. He was a director and writer, known for Le défroqué (1954), Le camion blanc (1943) and S.O.S. Mediterranean (1938). He was married to Foun-Sen. He died on 28 March 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

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Awards
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Known for

Le défroqué

5.9

Director

1954

Le camion blanc

6.6

Director

1943

S.O.S. Mediterranean

5.9

Director

1938

Drôle de noce

Director

1952

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Director

Les Arnaud
5.1
- Director
- 1967
Trois enfants... dans le désordre
5.1
- Director
- 1966
Outpost in Indo-china
6.0
- Director
- 1963
L'assassin est dans l'annuaire
6.1
- Director
- 1962
Tant d'amour perdu
- Director
- 1958
Le désert de Pigalle
5.5
- Director
- 1958
L'Homme aux clés d'or
6.3
- Director
- 1956
Le secret de soeur Angèle
6.4
- Director
- 1956
Le défroqué
5.9
- Director
- 1954
Drôle de noce
- Director
- 1952
Utopia
5.5
- Director
- 1951
Le 84 prend des vacances
3.9
- Director
- 1950
Documents secrets
- Director
- 1945
Le carrefour des enfants perdus
5.8
- Director
- 1944
Lucrèce
4.9
- Director
- 1943

Writer

SOS-Fréquence-17
TV Series
- adaptation
- dialogue
- 1969
Les Arnaud
5.1
- adaptation
- original scenario
- 1967
Trois enfants... dans le désordre
5.1
- screenplay
- story
- 1966
Outpost in Indo-china
6.0
- adaptation and dialogue
- 1963
L'assassin est dans l'annuaire
6.1
- adaptation
- 1962
Amazons of Rome
5.0
- screenplay
- 1961
Tant d'amour perdu
- writer
- 1958
Lovers of Paris
6.9
- adaptation
- 1957
L'Homme aux clés d'or
6.3
- Writer
- 1956
Le secret de soeur Angèle
6.4
- Writer
- 1956
Casta diva
6.6
- story and screenplay (as Joannon)
- 1954
Les révoltés de Lomanach
4.7
- scenario
- 1954
Le défroqué
5.9
- screenplay: adaptation
- 1954
Drôle de noce
- Writer
- 1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
6.3
- idea (segment Le huitième péché/L'ultimo peccato)
- 1952

Actor

L'assassin est dans l'annuaire
6.1
- Le docteur Jousseaume
- 1962
Le désert de Pigalle
5.5
- Maurice
- 1958
Girl in His Pocket
5.7
- Troisième employé
- 1957
L'Homme aux clés d'or
6.3
- Me Ballanger (uncredited)
- 1956
Le secret de soeur Angèle
6.4
- Le patron du bateau
- 1956
Les Aristocrates
6.4
- Prince de Conti (uncredited)
- 1955
Le défroqué
5.9
- Le chanoine Jousseaume (as Rémy Satz)
- 1954
Adieu les copains
- Jouve (as Raoul Lagneau)
- 1931
The Woman and the Puppet
7.4
- Don Mateo's Friend (as Raoul Lagneau)
- 1929
Pêcheur d'Islande
6.6
- (as Raoul Lagneau)
- 1924

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Alternative names
- Joannon
Born
- August 21, 1904
- Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died
- March 28, 1969
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Spouse
- Foun-SenMarch ? - March 28, 1969 (his death)

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Trivia
On July 12th, 1944, Leo Joannon was one of the first French film directors asked by groups of industry craftsmen who had formed to purge the business of collaborators during the war, to account for his behavior, and was temporarily suspended from his work.