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Willy Rozier (27 de junio de 1901 - 29 de mayo de 1983) fue un director, actor, productor y guionista cinematográfico de nacionalidad francesa.

Nacido en Talence, Francia, su verdadero nombre era Xavier Vallier. Falleció en Neuilly-sur-Seine al suicidarse con un arma de fuego.

In 1925, he was a French champion in swimming with a breaststroke and represented France at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928. His sporting passions made him a forerunner in the field of cinema: thus, with Michel Rocca, Chief operator since 1949, he developed an underwater camera Aquaflex, on the occasion of the film "L'Epave", and directed underwater actors.

He returns to his passion for swimming and diving in other films like "The Traffickers of the Sea" and "Manina, the girl without sails" shot in 1952, in Corsica, on the Suraya , his own boat.

Before becoming a filmmaker, he was also an actor in seven films, some directed by great directors such as Siodmak and Litvak.

But it was mainly as a producer, author of the screenplays and dialogues of most of his films (under the name of Xavier VALLIER), and director that he was able to sign a personal work, occupying a place in the cinema French: marginal, eccentric and distractive.

In his first films, he staged the forgotten but famous actors: "Golden Rain" (1935), with Dorville, "Maria de la nuit" (1936) with Gina Manes, "Les hommes de Proie" (1937) ) With Jeanne Boitel, Alain Cuny, Blanchette Brunoy, "Solita de Cordoue" (1945) with Carmen Torres, "Espoirs" (1940) with Robert Lynen, Pierre Larquey.

In 1946, he directed Paul Meurisse in "Monsieur Chasse", a comedy after Georges Feydeau.

Brigitte Bardot is his first major role in "Manina, the girl without veils ...", and launches Françoise Arnoult in " The pavement ". As for the latter, the filmmaker recounts: "I saw a little girl come in, and I found that she had something special. After the tests, I gave her the lead role: I I got banged up by the sponsors. I stuck with good reason: the film worked very well "

His originality led him to fight in a duel with François Chalais at the end of his film "56 rue Pigalle" (1948), which carried a great success during his release, with Marie Dea. In 1950, "Le Bagnard" turned partly, in full virgin forest, to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.
In 1954, he launched the first James Bond, with "A toi de play Callaghan", first in the series of Callaghan, adapted from the books of Peter Cheney. And in 1957, it is a novel by LC Meyer (Goncourt Award) that he adapts to the screen with "A man leans on his past? Nbsp; in Norway.

The passion of hunting and photo safaris will lead him, along with his wife Geneviève Chancel (scriptwriter and editor), across Africa, from where he will return with numerous documentaries and some feature films such as "Prisoners of The bush "(1959).

His latest film "Les Yeux du coeur", a short film, won the 1975 Prize for the 3rd International Youth Festival and the Special Jury Prize for Children.

Like his production company "Sport Films", his films testify to an original life, far from all worldliness and rich in adventures.
A book retraces the story of his life; It is being edited.lips.org

Director (34 credits)
1976 Dora... la frénésie du plaisir
1975 Les yeux du coeur (Short)
1972 Dany la ravageuse
1967 Cabezas quemadas
1965 Les chiens dans la nuit
1962 Le roi des montagnes
1961 Callaghan remet ça
1961 Croisière en Méditerranée (Documentary short)
1960 Prisonniers de la brousse
1958 Un homme se penche sur son passé
1957 Et par ici la sortie
1955 Plus de whisky pour Callaghan!
1955 À toi de jouer... Callaghan!!!
1953 L'aventurière du Tchad
1952 Manina, la chica de la isla (Manina, La fille san voiles)
1952 Amor maldito
1951 La cabane au Canada (Short)
1951 Le bagnard
1949 L'épave
1949 56, rue Pigalle
1947 Les trafiquants de la mer
1947 Monsieur Chasse
1946 Solita de Cordoue
1943 L'auberge de l'abîme
1942 Mélodie pour toi
1941 Espoirs...
1938 Champions de France
1937 Les anges noirs
1937 Les hommes de proie
1936 Maria de la nuit
1936 Veinte mil duros
1935 Pluie d'or
1934 Trois cents à l'heure
1934 Yacout
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Enlaces completados:
OK Manina, La fille san voiles (Willy Rozier, 1952)