Léonce Perret
Date of birth: 1880-03-14
Place of birth: Niort,France
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Léonce Joseph Perret
Biography
Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer. He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avant-garde for his unorthodox directing methods, Léonce Perret introduced innovative camera, lighting and film scoring techniques to French cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Léonce Perret, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Leonce Flirts
1913-03-01
Leonce flirts
La conquête d'Aurélia
1912-05-10
1912 short French film written and directed by Léonce Perret.
La Rançon du Bonheur
1912-12-01
The bright junior lieutenant Jacques Mareuil, son of an admiral, is stationed in one of our great mi
The Child of Paris
1913-09-17
The young daughter of an army captain missing in action runs away from school and is kidnapped by Pa
Le Mariage de Suzie
1912-04-01
Suzie takes a cruise and finds a flirt behind her guardian's back.
The Mystery of the Rocks of Kador
1912-12-01
Count Fernand De Keramic plots against his niece in order to acquire her wealth to pay his debts.
L'Express matrimonial
1912-09-01
Romance on the train with a bitter old governess stands in the way.
Graziella la gitane
1912-05-01
Le Portrait de Mireille
1910-12-09
A talented painter spends his vacation in Arles, where he paints a portrait of a beautiful Arlesian
Molière
1910-09-10
A film about the life of Molière (1622-1673).
Léonce aux bains de mer
1914-01-07
The Autumn of the Heart
1911-05-05
Léonce Perret's film about a musician's loves and heartaches: An aging violinist is secretly in love
The Red Chrysanthemum
1912-02-17
Two suitors bring flowers to their girl in hopes of winning her love.
Léonce Loves Morels
1913-09-01
A photogenic Partie de campagne with Léonce looking for mushrooms! A nice prestation by Poupette Suz
The Pins
1913-01-02
Leonce Perret brings home a present for wife Suzanne Grandais. It turns out to be point guards for h
André Chénier
1910-02-06
The life of French poet André Chénier, precursor of the Romantic movement, who was guillotined durin
The Legend of Daphne
1910-02-13
An ancient Greek legend comes to life, courtesy of the Gaumont studios.
Le Festin de Balthazar
1910-02-20
A historical short film inspired by the Biblical story of Belshazzar's Feast.
Léonce: Cinematographer
1913-07-12
Leonce works at the Gaumont studios as star actor and his wife suspects him of being unfaithful. She
Léonce in the Countryside
1913-01-02
Directed by Léonce Perret.
Léonce et Toto
1913-08-01
Léonce’s wife receives a tiny chihuahua as a gift and immediately dotes on it, to the point of putti
The Roman Orgy
1911-11-24
The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.
La lumière et l'amour
1912-05-01
Le homard
1913-01-10
Léonce en ménage
1913-04-18
Esther
1910-05-02
Jephté's Daughter
1910-07-15
Judith and Holophernes
1909-06-14
The Seven Deadly Sins
1910-09-23
A series of seven short films of varying length demonstrating each of the seven deadly sins.
The Béarnaise Girl
1911-10-27
Moses of the Mill
1911-11-10
Fire at the Mine
1911-10-03
You'll Go Away, Youth
1911-11-03
The Crutches
1911-11-03
A film crew goes to a mansion to shoot a movie. The actor playing the thief is confused and is shot
Mademoiselle Chiffon
1919-03-28
The sad adventures of a young Parisian woman.
Hand of Iron
1912-07-01
A 1912 crime film.
Lysistrata or The Kissing Strike
1910-02-27
Mariage par le cinématographe
1911-05-03
Comedy starring Yvette Andréyor and the director, Léonce Perret.
A Spiritualistic Seance
1911-01-05
M. Instead, is a spiritualist and decides to invite some friends to a seance. His daughter, Lucy, ho
Le haleur
1911-11-03
Léonce pot-au-feu
1913-06-01
Léonce poète
1913-05-09
Leonce Perret tries to kill himself. After he fails, he decides to pour out his agony on paper. Howe
Les bretelles
1913-12-31
Unbeknownst to Léonce, Suzanne allows Gaumont to use their villa garden for a day of filming. Léonc
Un nuage
1913-01-16
Léonce and Suzanne are having a very sweet supper together. But then Leonce refuses to give her a pu