Roger Leenhardt
Roger Leenhardt ( born July 23, 1903 in Montpellier, Hérault, † December 4, 1985 in Paris) was a French film director and screenwriter.
Life
Leenhardt was born into a middle-class Protestant family, he studied literature and philosophy at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He founded in 1934 the production company Les Films du Compas, which later became known under the name of Roger Leenhardt film. He was a producer of short films and directed many documentaries. Leenhardt was a proponent of auteur cinema and presented as the writer-director with the 1948 film Les dernières vacances produced proof. He was Vice - President of the Union of Producers de Films éducatifs, Document Aires et de Courts métrages. His grave is located in the department of Gard Calvisson, where he had spent the last 15 years of his life.