French film director
Pierre de Hérain (24 July 1904 – 25 September 1972) was a French film director.
Early life
Pierre de Hérain was born as Pierre Déhérain on 24 July 1904 in Avilly-Saint-Léonard, Oise, France.[1][2] His father, François de Hérain, was a painter.[1] His mother, Eugénie Hardon, later married Marshal Philippe Pétain, who became his stepfather.[1][3]
Career
De Hérain began his career in film as an assistant director of Itto, a 1934 film directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and Marie Epstein.[1] In 1935, he was an assistant director to Divine, directed by Max Ophüls.[1] In 1938, he was an assistant director of Monsieur Coccinelle, directed by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps.[4]
De Hérain directed five films in the 1940s.[1] One of them, Monsieur des Lourdines, was based on a novel by Alphonse de Châteaubriant.[3]
Death
De Hérain died on 25 September 1972 in Paris.[1][2]
Filmography
As an assistant director
- Itto (1934)
- Divine (1935)
- Monsieur Coccinelle (1938)
As a director
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