Pierre Chenal(1904-1990)

Director
Writer
Editor

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Pierre Chenal was born on 5 December 1904 in Brussels, Belgium. He was a director and writer, known for Crime and Punishment (1935), Native Son (1951) and Il fu Mattia Pascal (1937). He was married to Florence Marly. He died on 23 December 1990 in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

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Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

Known for

Crime and Punishment (1935)

Crime and Punishment

6.9

Director

1935

Native Son (1951)

6.3

Director

1951

Il fu Mattia Pascal

Director

1937

El ídolo (1952)

6.6

Director

1952

Credits

Director

Le hasard mène le jeu
5.4
Short
- Director
- 1985
Les libertines
3.6
- Director (as Dave Young)
- 1970
L'assassin connaît la musique...
6.5
- Director
- 1963
The Night They Killed Rasputin
6.1
- Director
- 1960
La bête à l'affût
6.5
- Director
- 1959
Dangerous Games
5.9
- Director
- 1958
Sinners of Paris
6.7
- Director
- 1958
Section des disparus
6.3
- Director
- 1956
Confesiones al amanecer
- Director
- 1954
El ídolo
6.6
- Director
- 1952
Native Son
6.3
- Director
- 1951
Scandals of Clochemerle
7.3
- Director
- 1948
Devil and the Angel
7.0
- Director
- 1946
Viaje sin regreso
7.0
- Director
- 1946
Se abre el abismo
6.3
- Director
- 1945

Writer

Le hasard mène le jeu
5.4
Short
- Writer
- 1985
Les libertines
3.6
- screenplay
- story (as Dave Young, uncredited)
- 1970
L'assassin connaît la musique...
6.5
- writer
- 1963
The Night They Killed Rasputin
6.1
- Writer
- 1960
La bête à l'affût
6.5
- writer
- 1959
Dangerous Games
5.9
- adaptation
- 1958
Sinners of Paris
6.7
- adaptation
- 1958
Section des disparus
6.3
- Writer
- 1956
El ídolo
6.6
- Writer
- 1952
Native Son
6.3
- screen play
- 1951
El muerto falta a la cita
5.7
- Writer
- 1944
Sirocco
6.7
- screenplay
- 1938
The Alibi
6.7
- screenplay (uncredited)
- 1937
Il fu Mattia Pascal
- screenplay
- 1937
The Man from Nowhere
6.8
- screenplay
- 1937

Editor

Personal details

Alternative names
- Pierre Cohen
Born
- December 5, 1904
- Brussels, Belgium
Died
- December 23, 1990
- La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Florence Marly1938 - 1955 (divorced)
Other works
Autobiography: "Pierre Chenal: souvenirs du cineaste, filmographie, temoignages, documents" by Pierre Chenal, Paris : Dujarric, 1987.

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Trivia
As a French Jew, he was forced to abandon a flourishing career as a director, fleeing from Nazi-occupied France for Argentina in 1942. He resumed work after the war, but with considerably less success.

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