Raoul Edouard Ploquin (20 May 1900 – 29 November 1992) was a French film producer,

production manager In the cinema of the United States, a unit production manager (UPM) is the Directors Guild of America–approved title for the top below-the-line staff position, responsible for the administration of a feature film or television production. Non- ...

and screenwriter. He was co-nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Story The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1956. This award can be a source of confusion for modern audiences, given its co-existence with the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenpl ...

for the film ''

The Sheep Has Five Legs ''The Five-Legged Sheep'' (french: Le Mouton à cinq pattes) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. It's ...

'' (1954).

Selected filmography

* ''

The Girl and the Boy ''The Girl and the Boy'' (french: La fille et le garçon) is a 1931 comedy film directed by Roger Le Bon and Wilhelm Thiele and starring Lilian Harvey, Henri Garat, and Lucien Baroux.Bock & Bergfelder p. 186 It was made by the major studio UFA a ...

'' (1931) * '' About an Inquest'' (1931) * ''

Court Waltzes ''Court Waltzes'' (french: La guerre des valses) is a 1933 musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and Raoul Ploquin and starring Fernand Gravey, Armand Dranem and Madeleine Ozeray. It was the French-language version of '' Waltz War'', made b ...

'' (1933) * '' The Star of Valencia'' (1933) * '' A Day Will Come'' (1934) * ''

Night in May ''Night in May'' (french: Nuit de mai) is a 1934 German comedy film directed by Henri Chomette, Gustav Ucicky and Raoul Ploquin. It starred Käthe von Nagy, Fernand Gravey and Annie Ducaux. It is the French-language version of UFA's '' The Young ...

'' (1934) * '' The Devil in the Bottle'' (1935) * '' The Decoy'' (1935) * ''

Counsel for Romance ''Counsel for Romance'' (French: ''Un mauvais garçon'') is a 1936 French romantic comedy film directed by Jean Boyer and Raoul Ploquin and starring Danielle Darrieux, Henri Garat and Jean Dax. Production The film was made as a co-production b ...

'' (1936) * '' S.O.S. Sahara'' (1938) * '' The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (1938) * ''

The Mondesir Heir ''The Mondesir Heir'' (French: ''L'héritier des Mondésir'') is a 1940 French-German comedy film directed by Albert Valentin and starring Fernandel, Elvire Popesco and Jules Berry. It was shot in Berlin by the German studio UFA in a co-product ...

'' (1940) * '' The Woman Who Dared'' (1944) * ''

Tuesday's Guest ''Tuesday's Guest'' (French: ''L'invité du mardi'') is a 1950 French drama film directed by Jacques Deval and starring Bernard Blier, Michel Auclair and Madeleine Robinson.Durant p.263 It was adapted by Deval from his own play. The film's sets we ...

'' (1950) * ''

Without Leaving an Address ''Without Leaving an Address'' (french: ...Sans laisser d'adresse) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. At the 1st Berlin International Film Festival it won the Golden Bear (Comedies) award. The film's sets were desig ...

'' (1951) * ''

'' (1954) * '' Le Tracassin or Les Plaisirs de la ville'' (1961) * '' Naked Hearts'' (1966)

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* French film producers French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters 1900 births 1992 deaths 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-bio-stub