Jean Devaivre

Jean Devaivre (birth name: Jean-Justin de Vaivre)
Born	18 December 1912 Boulogne-sur-Seine, Paris, France
Died	28 April 2004 (aged 91) Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France
Occupation(s)	Director, Writer
Years active	1936-1957 (film )

Jean Devaivre (born Jean-Justin de Vaivre) (1912–2004) was a French film director and screenwriter. Additionally, he worked as a dubbing director, preparing foreign-language films for release in France. The film Safe Conduct (Laissez-passer, 2002) directed by Bertrand Tavernier is based on Devaivre's activities in the French film industry during the wartime Occupation of France.

His brother Louis Devaivre was a film editor.

Selected filmography

• Shop Girls of Paris (1943)
• The Eleven O'Clock Woman (1948)
• The Farm of Seven Sins (1949)
• Fugitive from Montreal (1950)
• Vendetta in Camargue (1950)
• My Wife, My Cow and Me (1952)
• Alarm in Morocco (1953)
• A Caprice of Darling Caroline (1953)
• Caroline and the Rebels (1955)
• The Inspector Likes a Fight (1957)

Bibliography

• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Jean Devaivre at IMDb