René Le Hénaff (24 April 1901 – 5 January 2005) was a French film editor and director. As a film editor he collaborated with directors

Marcel Carné Marcel Albert Carné (; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), ''Le Jour Se Lève'' (1939), ''Les Visiteurs du Soi ...

René Clair René Clair (; 11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette (), was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. H ...

, and Géza von Radványi among others. His three films with Carné in the late 1930s — '' Port of Shadows'', '' Hôtel du Nord'', and ''

Le Jour Se Lève ''Le jour se lève'' (, "The day rises"; also known as ''Daybreak'') is a 1939 French film directed by Marcel Carné and written by Jacques Prévert, based on a story by Jacques Viot. It is considered one of the principal examples of the French ...

'' — are widely admired examples of

poetic realism Poetic realism was a film movement in France of the 1930s. More a tendency than a movement, poetic realism is not strongly unified like Soviet montage or French Impressionism but were individuals who created this lyrical style. Its leading fi ...

. He also directed films from 1935 to 1950. Perhaps the best-known is '' Colonel Chabert'' (1943), which was a film adaptation of a famous novella by

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly ; ; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is ...

. Le Hénaff retired from filmmaking in 1968.

Selected filmography

Editor

* '' The Shark'' (1930) * ''Sous les toits de Paris (

Under the Roofs of Paris ''Under the Roofs of Paris'' () is a 1930 French film directed by René Clair. The film was probably the earliest French example of a filmed musical-comedy, although its often dark tone differentiates it from other instances of the genre. It w ...

)'' (1930) * ''

À Nous la Liberté ''À nous la liberté'' (), sometimes written as ''À nous la liberté!'', (English: ''Freedom Forever'' or ''Freedom for Us'') is a 1931 Cinema of France, French Musical film, musical film directed by René Clair. With a score by Georges Auric ...

'' (1931) * '' Madame Makes Her Exit'' (1932) * ''

Bastille Day Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. It is referred to, both legally and commonly, as () in French, though ''la fête nationale'' is also u ...

'' (1933) * ''Le Scandal ( The Scandal)'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''Le Quai des brumes ( Port of Shadows)'' (1938) * '' Hôtel du Nord'' (1938) * ''

'' (1939) * '' Beating Heart'' (1940) * '' The Lover of Borneo'' (1942) * ''Le Quai des brumes ( Women Without Names)'' (1950) * '' L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard (Strange Desire of Mr. Bard)'' (1954) * '' A Girl Without Boundaries'' (1955) * ''Der Arzt von Stalingrad ( The Doctor of Stalingrad)'' (1958) * '' Twelve Hours by the Clock'' (1959)

Director

* '' Fort Dolorès'' (1939) * '' The Lover of Borneo'' (1942) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1943) * '' St. Val's Mystery'' (1945) * '' Christine Gets Married'' (1946) * '' Hoboes in Paradise'' (1946) * '' The Husbands of Leontine'' (1947) * '' Monsieur de Falindor'' (1947) * ''

Scandal A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way a ...

'' (1948)

References

External links

* French film editors French men centenarians 1901 births 2005 deaths {{film-editor-stub