Pierre Prévert
Directing
Biography
Pierre Prévert (26 May 1906 – 5 April 1988) was a French film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is the brother of Jacques Prévert, who is the subject of his documentary Mon frère Jacques. He is the father of screenwriter Catherine Prévert.
Born: May 26, 1906
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For
Fanny
Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointment of her mother and of Marius's father, César. To secure a better life for her unborn child, she accepts a marriage proposal from the aging widower Honoré Panisse.
L'Atalante
Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.
Luis Buñuel : Un cinéaste de notre temps
An overview of Luis Buñuel's career. Includes an interview with the filmmaker.
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Made a year after Luis Buñuel's death in 1983 this is an illuminating portrait of the surreal and visionary director, featuring clips, archival interviews, and commentary from scholars and contemporaries including Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, and Jeanne Moreau. Directed by Anthony Wall with readings from Buñuel's autobiography by Paul Scofield. Six trims to meet copyright restrictions.
Drôle d'oiseau
Bizarre, Bizarre
A French farce set in Victorian London where a botanist and his wife get into trouble when they pretend to go missing in order to hide from their sanctimonious cousin – an Anglican bishop who is leading a campaign against such writing.
L'Âge d'or
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
Le soleil a toujours raison
Tonio, pretty Micheline's fiance, meets Georgia ,a gypsy who makes advances to him.
Twilight
At the beginning of the 20th century, the destiny of Félicie Nanteuil, a young girl from the provinces who became a big star on the stage thanks to a comedian who committed suicide out of love for her.
Prices and Profits, the Potato
Prix et Profits is a 20-minute short film originally made for educational purposes and released in 9.5mm format. As the title suggests, the film follows the supply chain of a potato, from farmers to consumers, and examines the mechanisms of capitalism.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Theater manager (uncredited)
as L'appariteur (uncredited)
as Verdinet
as The innocent
as le crieur de journaux (uncredited)
as Un Saint-Cyrien
as Traveler in a Hurry (uncredited)
as Un voyageur du tramway (uncredited)
as Péman (uncredited)