René Guissart (director)

René Guissart
Born	24 October 1888 Paris France
Died	19 May 1960 (aged 71) Monaco
Occupation	Cinematographer Film director
Years active	1916–1939

René Guissart (24 October 1888 – 19 May 1960) was a French film director and cinematographer. During the 1920s and 1930s he worked as cinematographer on a large number of British films many of them for British International Pictures. He also worked on MGM's 1925 epic Ben-Hur. From 1931 Guissart began directing and had made twenty eight films by 1939.

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

• Little Women (1918)
• Victory (1919)
• The White Heather (1919)
• Treasure Island (1920)
• My Lady's Garter (1920)
• The Yellow Typhoon (1920)
• Flames of Passion (1922)
• The Bohemian Girl (1922)
• Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923)
• Chu-Chin-Chow (1923)
• While Paris Sleeps (1923)
• Southern Love (1924)
• The Recoil (1924)
• Ben-Hur (1925)
• Madame Sans-Gene (1925)
• Land of Hope and Glory (1927)
• A Little Bit of Fluff (1928)
• The White Sheik (1928)
• Tommy Atkins (1928)
• Adam's Apple (1928)
• Paradise (1928)
• Daughter of the Regiment (1929)
• The American Prisoner (1929)
• The Hate Ship (1929)
• The Compulsory Husband (1930)
• Raise the Roof (1930)
• The W Plan (1930)
• Tropical Nights (1931)
• Every Woman Has Something (1931)

Director

• The Man in Evening Clothes (1931)
• The Improvised Son (1932)
• You Will Be a Duchess (1932)
• Dédé (1935)
• Speak to Me of Love (1935)
• Dora Nelson (1935)
• Sweet Devil (1938)
• Bourrachon (1938)
• Ménilmontant (1939)

Bibliography

• Phillips, Alastair. City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmaker in Paris 1929-1939. Amsterdam University Press, 2004.

External links

• René Guissart at the Internet Movie Database