Charles Méré (29 January 1883 – 2 October 1970) was a French film director, screenwriter, and playwright.

Biography

Méré was born in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, France, and was president of the ''

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'' (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, or SACD) from 1929 to 1944. Méré was the author of 41 plays, including six for the

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, 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

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(1921, based on the play ''Les Trois Masques'') *'' The Flame'', directed by

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(1926, based on the play ''La Flamme'') *'' Le Vertige'', directed by

Marcel L'Herbier Marcel L'Herbier (; 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued unti ...

(1926, based on the play ''Le Vertige'') *'' The Masked Woman'', directed by Silvano Balboni (1927, based on the play ''La Femme masquée'') *'' Prince Jean'', directed by

(1928, based on the play ''Le Prince Jean'') *''

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'', directed by

René Barberis René Barberis (11 March 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a French screenwriter and film director.Bentley p.52 Selected filmography Director * ''Colette the Unwanted'' (1927) * ''The Vein'' (1928) * ''The Unknown Dancer'' (1929) * ''Temptation (1929 ...

and

René Leprince René Leprince (1876 – 25 May 1929) was an early France, French silent film director best known for his silent films of the 1910s and 1920s. In film, Leprince began as an actor in 1908 and dabbled with directing. In 1911 he moved into direc ...

(1929, based on the play ''La Tentation'') *'' The Three Masks'', directed by

André Hugon André Hugon (17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 w ...

(1929, based on the play ''Les Trois Masques'') *'' Prince Jean'', directed by

Jean de Marguenat Jean de Marguenat (2 May 1893 – 16 April 1956) was a French screenwriter and film director. He directed nineteen films including the 1937 British musical ''The Street Singer (1937 film), The Street Singer'' (1937). Earlier in his life de Margu ...

(1934, based on the play ''Le Prince Jean'') * ''

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'', directed by Paul Schiller (1935, based on the play ''Le Vertige'') *'' The Flame'', directed by

André Berthomieu André Berthomieu (; 16 February 1903 – 10 April 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. He was married to the actress Line Noro. Selected filmography Director * '' Not So Stupid'' (1928) * '' The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard'' (1929) ...

(1936, based on the play ''La Flamme'') *', directed by 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 Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, in Commercy, Meuse (department), Meuse – 20 March 1990, in Bordeaux, France) was a French people, French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film ''Monsieur V ...

(1958, based on the play ''Prisons de femmes'')

Screenwriter

*' (dir.

Henri Desfontaines Henri Desfontaines (12 November 1876, Paris – 7 January 1931, Paris) was a French film director, actor, and scriptwriter. Filmography As director * 1908 : ''Hamlet'' * 1909 : '' Le Puits et le pendule'' * 1910 : '' Un invité gênant' ...

, 1921) *'' Serge Panine'' (dir. Charles Méré and Paul Schiller, 1939) * ''

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'' (dir.

Jean Delannoy Jean Delannoy (; 12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a Pro ...

, 1942) * '' The Golden Age'' (dir.

Jean de Limur Jean de Limur (13 November 1887, Vouhé, Charente-Maritime – 5 June 1976, Paris) was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. His works include ''La Garçonne (1936 film), La Garçonne'' (1936) and ''The Letter (1929 film), The Letter' ...

, 1942) * ''

The Man Who Sold His Soul ''The Man Who Sold His Soul'' (French: ''L'homme qui vendit son âme'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Paulin and starring Michèle Alfa, André Luguet and Mona Goya.Rège p.799 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (dir.

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, 1943)

Director

*''

Golden Venus ''Golden Venus'' (French: ''La Vénus de l'or'') is a 1938 French adventure film directed by Jean Delannoy and Charles Méré and starring Jacques Copeau, Daniel Lecourtois and Mireille Balin.Goble p.402 The film's sets were designed by the art d ...

'' (1938, co-director

) *'' Serge Panine'' (1939, co-director Paul Schiller )

Producer

*''

'' (dir.

, 1942) * '' The Golden Age'' (dir.

, 1942) *''

It Happened at the Inn ''It Happened at the Inn'' (French: ''Goupi mains rouges'') is a 1943 French mystery film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Fernand Ledoux, Robert Le Vigan, Georges Rollin and Blanchette Brunoy. It follows an investigation into the family ...

'' (dir.

Jacques Becker Jacques Becker (; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led th ...

, 1943) *''

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'' (dir.

René Chanas René Chanas, real name René Lindecker (13 September 1913 - 9 July 1990) was a French film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Filmography Director * 1945: '' The Last Judgment'' * 1947: '' The Crowned Fish Tavern'' * 1948: ' * 1 ...

, 1945) * '' Toâ'' (1949)

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* 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 {{France-film-bio-stub