Pierre Léaud (25 March 1909 - 5 November 1996) was a French
screenwriter
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,
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and
assistant director
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. He was married to the
actress
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Jacqueline Pierreux
Jacqueline Pierreux (15 January 1923 – 10 March 2005) was a French film and television actress.Philip Mosley p.105 From the early 1970s onwards she also enjoyed success as a producer.
She was the wife of screenwriter Pierre Léaud and the mot ...
with whom he had a son, actor
Jean-Pierre Léaud
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.
[De Baecque & Serge Toubiana p.129]
Selected filmography
Screenwriter
* ''
A Caprice of Pompadour
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'' (1931)
* ''
The Midnight Sun'' (1943)
* ''
Échec au roy'' (1945)
* ''
The Ideal Couple
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Denise Grey (born Édouardine Verthuy; 17 Septem ...
'' (1946)
* ''
We Are Not Married
''We Are Not Married'' (French: ''Nous ne sommes pas mariés'') is a 1946 French-Italian comedy film directed by Bernard-Roland and Gianni Pons and starring Louise Carletti, Claude Dauphin and Loris Gizzi.Rège p.88
Plot
Cast
* Louise Carl ...
'' (1946)
* ''
Scandal
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'' (1948)
* ''
Baron Tzigane'' (1954)
* ''
One Bullet Is Enough
''One Bullet Is Enough'' (French:'' Une balle suffit'', Spanish: ''La canción del penal'') is a 1954 French-Spanish crime film directed by Juan Lladó and Jean Sacha and starring Georges Ulmer, Véra Norman and Jacques Castelot.Crusells p.156
...
'' (1954)
* ''
Police judiciaire'' (1958)
Assistant director
* ''
Les démons de l'aube
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'' (1946)
* ''
Dédée d'Anvers
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'' (1948)
* ''
The Lovers of Verona
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screenwriter Jacques Prevert ...
'' (1949)
* ''
A Man Walks in the City
''A Man Walks in the City'' (French: ''Un homme marche dans la ville'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero, and starring Jean-Pierre Kérien, Ginette Leclerc and Robert Dalban.Magnan, Henry (27 March 1950). "Un homme marche ...
'' (1950)
* ''
We Are All Murderers
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'' (1952)
References
Bibliography
* De Baecque, Antoine & Toubiana, Serge. ''Truffaut: A Biography''. University of California Press, 2000.
External links
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1909 births
1996 deaths
French screenwriters
People from Rennes
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