Film director
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 325-330. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
Stage actor from 1912. Wrote and directed short features for Gaumont from 1916. Front-line military service during World War I. Directed LAtlantide (1921) , shot on location in the Sahara, followed by another big success, Crainquebille two years later. Briefly with MGM in Hollywood, 1928-32, but did not enjoy the experience and returned to France. Directed his best film, La kermesse hroque (1935) in 1935. After filming Knight Without Armour for Alexander Korda , essentially retired. Found a safe refuge in Switzerland during the Second World War, teaching at the Geneva Conservatoire.
I am only a craftsman working in a very big industry that in a third of,a century conquered the markets, caught up the oldest and most,important human activities like metallurgy or motor-engineering and may,be compared with press for its social influence and its power in,spreading ideas. .
