Charles Méré
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Born | Auguste Charles Alexandre Méré 29 January 1883 Marseille, France |
Died | 2 October 1970 Paris, France | (aged 87)
Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, director |
Nationality | French |
Charles Méré (29 January 1883 – 2 October 1970) was a French film director, screenwriter, and playwright.
Biography[]
Méré was born in Marseille, France, and was president of the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, or SACD) from 1929 to 1944.
Méré was the author of 41 plays, including six for the Grand Guignol, and librettist of three lyrical dramas.
He co-produced two films and a couple of movies were made from his works.
Selected filmography[]
- Les Trois Masques, directed by Henry Krauss (1921, based on the play Les Trois Masques)
- The Flame, directed by René Hervil (1926, based on the play La Flamme)
- Le Vertige, directed by Marcel L'Herbier (1926, based on the play Le Vertige)
- The Masked Woman, directed by (1927, based on the play La Femme masquée)[1]
- Prince Jean, directed by René Hervil (1928, based on the play Le Prince Jean)
- Temptation, directed by René Barberis and René Leprince (1929, based on the play La Tentation)
- The Three Masks, directed by André Hugon (1929, based on the play Les Trois Masques)
- Prince Jean, directed by Jean de Marguenat (1934, based on the play Le Prince Jean)
- , directed by (1935, based on the play Le Vertige)
- The Flame, directed by André Berthomieu (1936, based on the play La Flamme)
- Pierre Caron (1936, based on the play La Tentation) , directed by
- Henri Lepage and (1952, based on the play Un Homme du Nord) , directed by
- Maurice Cloche (1958, based on the play Prisons de femmes) , directed by
Screenwriter[]
- Henri Desfontaines, 1921) (dir.
- Serge Panine (dir. Charles Méré and , 1939)
- Jean Delannoy, 1942) (dir.
- Jean de Limur, 1942) (dir.
- Jean-Paul Paulin, 1943) (dir.
Director[]
- Golden Venus (1938, co-director Jean Delannoy)
- Serge Panine (1939, co-director )
Producer[]
- Jean Delannoy, 1942) (dir.
- Jean de Limur, 1942) (dir.
- It Happened at the Inn (dir. Jacques Becker, 1943)
- The Last Judgment (dir. René Chanas, 1945)
References[]
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 861. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
External links[]
- Charles Méré at IMDb
Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1970 deaths
- French film directors
- French male screenwriters
- 20th-century French screenwriters
- Mass media people from Marseille
- 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century French male writers
- French film biography stubs