Pierre Chenal (December 5, 1904 – December 23, 1990) was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s, and was best known for film noir thrillers such as the 1937 film L’Alibi, where he worked with Erich von Stroheim and Louis Jouvet. In 1939 he made Le Dernier Tournant, the first of many film treatments of James M. Cain's celebrated novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice.Chenal was Jewish and was forced to flee occupied France for South America in 1942. He made a number of films while living in Argentina and more in France after the war; but his post-war work never achieved the success and popularity of his pre-war efforts.
As a French Jew, he was forced to abandon a flourishing career as a director, fleeing from Nazi-occupied France for Argentina in 1942. He resumed work after the war, but with considerably less success.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le hasard mène le jeu
1985
Short
Les belles au bois dormantes
1970
as Dave Young
L'assassin connaît la musique...
1963
Les nuits de Raspoutine
1960
La bête à l'affût
1959
Dangerous Games
1958
Sinners of Paris
1958
Section des disparus
1956
Confesiones al amanecer
1954
El ídolo
1952
Native Son
1951
Scandals of Clochemerle
1948
Devil and the Angel
1946
Viaje sin regreso
1946
Se abre el abismo
1945
El muerto falta a la cita
1944
Todo un hombre
1943
Le dernier tournant
1939
Sirocco
1938
The Lafarge Case
1938
The Alibi
1937
Il fu Mattia Pascal
1937
Feu Mathias Pascal
1937
Les mutinés de l'Elseneur
1936
Crime and Punishment
1935
Les suites d'un premier lit
1934
Short as Pierre Cohen
La rue sans nom
1934
Le martyre de l'obèse
1933
Les petits métiers de Paris
1932
Documentary short
Paris-Cinéma
1929
Documentary short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le hasard mène le jeu
1985
Short
Les belles au bois dormantes
1970
screenplay - as Dave Young / story - as Dave Young
L'assassin connaît la musique...
1963
writer
Les nuits de Raspoutine
1960
La bête à l'affût
1959
writer
Dangerous Games
1958
writer
Sinners of Paris
1958
writer
Section des disparus
1956
Native Son
1951
El muerto falta a la cita
1944
Sirocco
1938
screenplay
The Alibi
1937
screenplay - uncredited
Il fu Mattia Pascal
1937
screenplay
Feu Mathias Pascal
1937
screenplay
Les mutinés de l'Elseneur
1936
Crime and Punishment
1935
La rue sans nom
1934
Les petits métiers de Paris
1932
Documentary short
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Se abre el abismo
1945
Feu Mathias Pascal
1937
uncredited
Les petits métiers de Paris
1932
Documentary short
Paris-Cinéma
1929
Documentary short
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les petits métiers de Paris
1932
Documentary short
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le dernier tournant
1939
story editor
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait
$2 Billion
