Jean Dréville
Born: 1906-09-20 in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France
Died: 1997-03-05
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2019
- 1940: Taking over French Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Jean Dréville, l'aimant du cinéma as Lui-même
1982
- Cinématon XVI as N°155
1971
- Le Voyageur des siècles ... (Director)
1969
- The Leatherstocking Tales ... (Director)
1966
- The Sleeping Sentinel ... (Director)
1965
- Nights of Farewell ... (Director)
1962
- Lafayette ... (Director)
1960
- Normandy - Neman ... (Director)
1958
- A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik ... (Director)
- The Lady and the Gipsy ... (Director)
1957
- The Suspects as Commentator (uncredited)
1954
- Queen Margot ... (Director)
1953
- Endless Horizons ... (Director)
1952
- The Girl with the Whip ... (Director)
- Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee ... (Director)
- The Seven Deadly Sins ... (Director)
1950
- The Big Meeting ... (Director)
1949
- Return to Life ... (Director)
1948
- Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water ... (Director)
- The Spice of Life ... (Director)
1947
- Carbon Copy ... (Director)
1946
- Tainted ... (Director)
1945
- Les Cadets de l'océan ... (Director)
- Hanged Man's Farm ... (Director)
- A Cage of Nightingales ... (Director)
1943
- Tornavara ... (Director)
- The Roquevillards ... (Director)
1942
- Business Is Business ... (Director)
- Annette and the Blonde Woman ... (Screenplay)
1940
- President Haudecoeur ... (Director)
1939
- His Uncle from Normandy ... (Director)
- Savage Brigade ... (Assistant Director)
1938
- The Chess Player ... (Director)
- White Nights in Saint Petersburg ... (Director)
1937
- Troïka sur la piste blanche ... (Director)
- Mama Hummingbird ... (Director)
1936
- Coup de vent ... (Director)
- Les Petites Alliées ... (Director)
1935
- Touche-à-tout ... (Director)
1934
- A Man and His Woman ... (Director)
- Le Bonheur ... (Assistant Director)
- Trois pour cent ... (Director)
1932
- Creosote ... (Director)
- Candy Apple ... (Director)
1931
- Romania, land of love ... (Cinematography)
1930
- Physiopolis ... (Director)
1929
- Cagliostro ... (Technical Supervisor)
- Autour de l'argent ... (Director)