Jean Devaivre (birth name: Jean-Justin de Vaivre) | |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1912 |
Birth Place: | Boulogne-sur-Seine, Paris, France |
Death Date: | 28 April 2004 (aged 91) |
Death Place: | Villejuif, Val-de-Marne, France |
Occupation: | Director, Writer |
Yearsactive: | 1936-1957 (film) |
Jean Devaivre (born Jean-Justin de Vaivre) (1912–2004) was a French film director and screenwriter.[1] Additionally, he worked as a dubbing director, preparing foreign-language films for release in France. The film Safe Conduct (Laissez-passer, 2002) directed by Bertrand Tavernier is based on Devaivre's activities in the French film industry during the wartime Occupation of France.
His brother Louis Devaivre was a film editor.