Jean Vallée (director)

Jean Vallée
Born	20 January 1889 Mondeville, Calvados, France
Died	19 July 1979 Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Occupation(s)	Director, Screenwriter
Years active	1930–1953 (film)

Jean Vallée (20 January 1899 – 19 July 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter and ran an art-house cinema theater L'Œil de Paris.^[1][2] He was credited for directing the first two French films in color.

Filmography

• Jeunes filles à marier (1935) - first colour feature shot in France
• La Terre qui meurt (1936) - second French colour feature-length film
• The Men Without Names (1937)
• Troubled Heart (1938)
• Les surprises d'une nuit de noces (1952)
• L'étrange amazone (1953)

References

1. Jean Vallée at IMDb
2. Crisp, Colin (2015). "French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929-1939". Indiana University Press.