Jean Girault
Jean Girault (9 May 1924 – 20 July 1982) was a French film director and screenwriter. From 1951 to 1960 he worked as a screenwriter, mainly for comedy films. He made his film debut as a director in 1960.
Jean Girault
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- Name
- Jean Girault
- Born
- 9 May 1924
- Birthplace
- Villenauxe-la-Grande, Grand Est, France
- Died
- 20 July 1982
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Spouse
- Françoise Jourdanet (1946–2019)
- Full name
- Jean Jacques Antoine Girault.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- screenwriter · director
- Languages
- French
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He directed more than thirty films between 1960 and 1982. In 1982, he died of tuberculosis at the age of 58.
Louis de Funès dans le rôle de Ludovic Cruchot lors du tournage du film Le Gendarme et les Extra-terrestres, près de la gendarmerie de Saint-Tropez, en 1978. On aperçoit Jean Girault, réalisateur du film, de dos, observant son acteur.
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• Name — Jean Girault • Born — 9 May 1924 • Birthplace — Villenauxe-la-Grande, Grand Est, France • Died — 20 July 1982 • Place of death — Paris, France • Spouse — Françoise Jourdanet (1946–2019) • Years Active — 1952–1982
Filmography
Filmography
Director • Les pique-assiette (1960) • Les Moutons de Panurge (1960) • Les Livreurs (1961) • People in Luck (1963) • Les Bricoleurs (1963) • Pouic-Pouic (1963) • Let's Rob the Bank (1964) • The Troops of St. Tropez (1964) • The Gorillas (1964) • Gendarme in New York (1965) • Monsieur le président-directeur général (1966) • Les grandes vacances (1967) • A Strange Kind of Colonel (1968) • Le gendarme se marie (1968) • La maison de campagne (1969) • Le gendarme en balade (1970) • Le Juge (1971) • Jo (1971) • Les charlots font l'Espagne (1972) • Le concierge (1973) • Le permis de conduire (1974) • Deux grandes filles dans un pyjama (1974) • Les murs ont des oreilles (1974) • L'intrépide (1975) • L'Année sainte (1976) • Le mille-pattes fait des claquettes (1977) • L'horoscope (1978) • The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials (1979) • L'Avare (1980) • Ach du lieber Harry (1981) • La Soupe aux choux (1981) • Le gendarme et les gendarmettes (1982; released posthumously) Writer • Un jour avec vous (1952)
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Villenauxe-la-Grande.
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- 1.Privatdetektiv Harry App auf geheimer Mission. filmreporter.de.
- 2.20170830055322. Die Kinocharts in Deutschland nach Besucherzahlen. Chartsurfer.de. 8 juin 2026.
- 3.Top 100 Deutschland 1981. insidekino.de.
- 4.Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez : la mort a frappé sur les tournages des deux derniers épisodes. - Télé Star. telestar.fr. 2018-07-23.
- 5.La mort de Jean Girault L'auteur des " Gendarmes ". le monde.
- 6.Matricule 1. garance-patrimoine.fr.
- 7.Le Mystérieux colonel Barclay. garance-patrimoine.fr.
- 8.Dansez maintenant !. garance-patrimoine.fr.
- 9.Story Films.
- 10.Il ne s'agit pas de Sacha Briquet comme le signale la fiche du film sur le site de l'IMDb.
- 11.Selon le livre Ciné-passions de Simon Simsi aux éditions Dixit (1945-2010), imprimé en février 2012, chiffres officiels du Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.
- 12.Renaud Soyer. Jean Girault, box-office. Box-office Story. 23 août 2013.
- 13.Boxofficestar2.eklablog.com ; page Jean Girault Page consultée le 23 août 2013
- 14.Jacques Vilfrid, scénariste du Gendarme de Saint-Tropez. nimotozor99.free.fr.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Jean Girault, natif de Villenauxe et cinéaste méconnu. Académie troyenne d'études cartophiles (ATEC). mai 2015.
- Gilles Botineau. Jean Girault, l'illustre inconnu du cinéma. CinéComédies. 9 mai 2024.
- Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez. Flammarion. 2007. 978-2-08-120327-3.
- 50 anniversaire : La saga des Gendarmes, un panorama des archives SNC. groupe M6 / Société nouvelle de cinématographie. 2014.
- Thomas Léodet. La Soupe aux choux : le dernier envol. auto-édition. 304. 2021. 978-2-8083-1429-9.
- Thibaut Bruttin. La Soupe aux choux. Yellow Now. 2023. 9782873404949.
- Jean-Jacques Jelot-Blanc. Louis de Funès, une légende. Anne Carrière. 1993. 2910188078.
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