Léo Joannon

Léo Joannon 21 August 1904 28 March 1969 was a French writer and film director Born in AixenProvence Joannon was originally a law student who became a novelist and journalist before entering the film industry in the 1920s as a cameraman Joannon first attracted international attention in early 1939 during the production of SOS Mediterranean when his attempts to include shots of a German naval ship docked in the port of Tangier created a diplomatic incident between the preWorld War II French and German governments The film later won the Grand Prix du Cinema Français Joannon is best known to international audiences as the director of the comedy film Atoll K 1951 which was the final motion picture starring the legendary comedic double act Laurel and Hardy Among his other betterknown films were Le Defroqué 1954 and Fort du Fou Outpost in Indochina 1962 Joannon died in NeuillysurSeine Source Article Léo Joannon from Wikipedia in english licensed under CCBYSA 30