Person
Jean Dréville
Directing · 1906–1997 · Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France
Biography
Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
Known for
Tornavara
Director
The Leatherstocking Tales
Director
Lafayette
Director
Les Cadets de l'océan
Director
Cinématon XVI
N°155
Tainted
Director
Queen Margot
Director
Cagliostro
Technical Supervisor
Le Voyageur des siècles
Director
Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee
Director
Filmography
- 20191940: Taking over French CinemaSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Jean Dréville, l'aimant du cinémaLui-même
- 1982Cinématon XVIN°155
- 1971Le Voyageur des sièclesDirector
- 1969The Leatherstocking TalesDirector
- 1966The Sleeping SentinelDirector
- 1965Nights of FarewellDirector
- 1962LafayetteDirector
- 1960Normandy - NemanDirector
- 1958A Dog, A Mouse and a SputnikDirector
- 1958The Lady and the GipsyDirector
- 1957The SuspectsCommentator (uncredited)
- 1955Intermediate Landing in Paris
- 1954Queen MargotDirector
- 1953Endless HorizonsDirector
- 1952Das Geheimnis vom BergseeDirector
- 1952The Girl with the WhipDirector
- 1952The Seven Deadly SinsDirector
- 1950The Big MeetingDirector
- 1949Return to LifeDirector
- 1948The Spice of LifeDirector
- 1948Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy WaterDirector
- 1947Carbon CopyDirector
- 1946TaintedDirector
- 1945Hanged Man's FarmDirector
- 1945Les Cadets de l'océanDirector
- 1945A Cage of NightingalesDirector
- 1943TornavaraDirector
- 1943The RoquevillardsScreenplay
- 1942Business Is BusinessDirector
- 1942Annette and the Blonde WomanScreenplay
- 1940President HaudecoeurDirector
- 1939His Uncle from NormandyDirector
- 1939Savage BrigadeAssistant Director
- 1938The Chess PlayerDirector
- 1938White Nights in Saint PetersburgDirector
- 1937Mama HummingbirdDirector
- 1937Troïka sur la piste blancheDirector
- 1936Les Petites AlliéesDirector
- 1936Coup de ventDirector
- 1935Touche-à-toutDirector
- 1934A Man and His WomanDirector
- 1934Le BonheurAssistant Director
- 1934Trois pour centDirector
- 1932Candy AppleDirector
- 1932CreosoteDirector
- 1931Romania, land of loveCinematography
- 1930PhysiopolisDirector
- 1929Autour de l'argentDirector
- 1929CagliostroTechnical Supervisor
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