Henri Colpi

Henri Colpi is an assembler, Scénariste and Réalisateur French born in 1921 with Brig in Suisse and dead the January 14th 2006 with Menton (the Alpes-Maritimes).

Its first film such a long absence , on a scenario of Marguerite Duras, obtained the Palme of gold to the Cannes festival 1961, as well as the Prix Louis-Delluc the previous year.

Friend close to Georges Brassens, since an adolescence common to Sète, it wrote the words of the song Heureux which like Ulysses, interpreted by this last and recovery recently by Ridan.

Selective catalog of films

• 1956 : the Mystery Picasso of Henri-Georges Clouzot: assembly
• 1959: Hiroshima my love of Alain Resnais: assembly
• 1961: such a long absence : realization
• 1963: Codine : realization and scenario
• 1973: Heureux which like Ulysses : realization, scenario and dialogs (last feature film with the actor Fernandel)
• 1982: the Swallow and the titmouse of 1920: assembly entrusted to Colpi by the French Cineclub of this film of Andre Antoine ever assembled nor shown before.
• 1982 : the Big brother of Francis Girod: assembly
• 1983: the Escape ahead : assembly
• 1983: the fatal Summer of Jean Becker: scenario

Televised series

• 1968 : Thibaud or the Crusades (in collaboration with France Bennys)
• 1969: Fortune according to Gold of Blaise Cendrars
• 1970: Noëlle with the four winds , with Pierre Mondy and Rosy Varte
• 1972: famous Escapes
• 1973: the mysterious Island
• 1977: the Odyssey Cousteau