Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter. He received the grand prize for "La Symphonie Pastorale" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Born in Noisy-le-Sec, France, Delannoy worked as a journalist before becoming an actor and appearing in a few films during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He would later move behind the camera as an editor and director of shorts. Among his other memorable films are "L'Eternel Retour" (The Eternal Return, 1943) and "Notre Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Norte Dame, 1956), which starred Anthony Quinn and Gina Lollobrigida.
Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter. He received the grand prize for "La Symphonie Pastorale" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Born in Noisy-le-Sec, France, Delannoy worked as a journalist before becoming an actor and appearing in a few films during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He would later move behind the camera as an editor and director of shorts. Among his other memorable films are "L'Eternel Retour" (The Eternal Return, 1943) and "Notre Dame de Paris" (The Hunchback of Norte Dame, 1956), which starred Anthony Quinn and Gina Lollobrigida.
Bio by: C.S.
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