Biography
Léo Joannon (21 August 1904 – 28 March 1969) was a French writer and film director. Born in Aix-en-Provence, Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman.
Joannon first attracted international attention in early 1939 during the production of S.O.S. Mediterranean, when his attempts to include shots of a German naval ship docked in the port of Tangier created a diplomatic incident between the pre-World War II French and German governments. The film later won the Grand Prix du Cinema Français.
Joannon is best known to international audiences as the director of the comedy film Atoll K (1951), which was the final motion picture starring the legendary comedic double act Laurel and Hardy. Among his other better-known films were Le Defroqué (1954) and Fort du Fou (Outpost in Indochina) (1962).
Joannon died in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Filmography
all 49
Movies 48
Director 36
Writer 5
Screenplay 2
TV Shows 1
self 1

Les Arnaud (1967)

Outpost in Indo-china (1963)

Assassin in the Phonebook (1962)

Amazons of Rome (1961)

So Much Love Lost (1958)

The Desert of Pigalle (1958)

A Girl in a Pocket (1957)

Lovers of Paris (1957)

L'Homme aux clés d'or (1956)

Sister Angele's Secret (1956)

The Aristocrats (1955)

Casta diva (1954)

The Unfrocked One (1954)

Drôle de noce (1952)

The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)

Utopia (1951)

Secret Documents (1945)

Children of Chaos (1944)

Lucrèce (1943)

The White Truck (1943)

Whims (1942)

The Emigrant (1940)

Hell's Cargo (1939)

S.O.S. Mediterranean (1938)

Le Chanteur de minuit (1937)

De Man Zonder Hart (1937)

L'Homme sans cœur (1937)

Quand minuit sonnera (1936)

Klokslag twaalf (1936)

Train de plaisir (1936)

Les Conquêtes de César (1936)

What a Funny Kid! (1935)

Bibi-la-Purée (1935)

We Found a Naked Woman (1934)

He has lost a bride (1932)

Suzanne (1932)

Durand versus Durand (1931)

The Woman and the Puppet (1929)

Fünf bange Tage (1928)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1904-08-21
Deathday
1969-03-28 (64 years old)
Birth Name
Léon Gabriel Paul Joannon
Birth Place
Aix-en-Provence,
Siblings
Marcel Provence
Citizenships
Also Known As
Joannon, Raoul Lagneau, Lagneau, Rémy Satz
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