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)
- The Seven Deadly Sins ... (Director)
- Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee ... (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)
- A Cage of Nightingales ... (Director)
- Hanged Man's Farm ... (Director)
1943
- Tornavara ... (Director)
- The Roquevillards ... (Director)
1942
- Annette and the Blonde Woman ... (Screenplay)
- Business Is Business ... (Director)
1940
- President Haudecoeur ... (Director)
1939
- Savage Brigade ... (Assistant Director)
- His Uncle from Normandy ... (Director)
1938
- The Chess Player ... (Director)
- White Nights in Saint Petersburg ... (Director)
1937
- Mama Hummingbird ... (Director)
- Troïka sur la piste blanche ... (Director)
1936
- Les Petites Alliées ... (Director)
- Coup de vent ... (Director)
1935
- Touche-à-tout ... (Director)
1934
- Le Bonheur ... (Assistant Director)
- A Man and His Woman ... (Director)
- Trois pour cent ... (Director)
1932
- Candy Apple ... (Director)
- Creosote ... (Director)
1931
- Romania, land of love ... (Cinematography)
1930
- Physiopolis ... (Director)
1929
- Cagliostro ... (Technical Supervisor)
- Autour de l'argent ... (Director)