Robert Vernay

{{Short description|French director and screenwriter}}

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Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in Paris – October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter.

Career

In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to Julien Duvivier on Pépé le Moko.{{cite book |last1=Crisp |first1=Colin |title=French Cinema—A Critical Filmography: Volume 1, 1929–1939 |date=29 June 2015 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-01703-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WffjCQAAQBAJ |language=en}}{{rp|144}}

In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of Balzac's Père Goriot, starring Pierre Renoir. It was released in 1945.{{cite book |last1=Heathcote |first1=Owen |last2=Watts |first2=Andrew |title=The Cambridge Companion to Balzac |date=2 February 2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-06647-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L6_DDQAAQBAJ |language=en}}{{rp|162}} In the late 1950s, he directed a "tacky comedy" called Madame et son auto. It was a favourite film of René Magritte.{{cite book |last1=Levy |first1=Silvano |title=Surrealism: Surrealist Visuality |date=July 1997 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-0-8147-5127-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N-48DAAAQBAJ |language=en}}{{rp|95}}

Selected filmography

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