Henri Colpi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 15, 1921, Brig, Valais, Switzerland
- Died
- January 14, 2006
- Movies
- 10
Henri Colpi (French: [kɔlpi]; 15 July 1921 – 14 January 2006) was a French film editor and film director.
Colpi graduated from the IDHEC in 1947. During 1950 to 1960, he edited films for such notable French New Wave directors as Agnès Varda and Georges Franju.
Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, which is well known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival with Viridiana, directed by Luis Buñuel. Une aussi longue absence was written by Marguerite Duras, featured Alida Valli in a major role, and included music by Georges Delerue. It also won the Louis Delluc Prize in 1960. His second feature Codine was also screening in competition at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, where Colpi won the prize for Best Screenplay.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1995 | Life Lesson | |
| 1995 | Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue | Self |
| 1990 | The Elegant Criminal | The head of the prison |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1973 | The Mysterious Island | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | Rafael Kubelik A Portrait | Director |
| 1970 | Happy He Who Like Ulysses | Director, Writer |
| 1967 | Symphonie Nr. 3 Es-Dur opus 55 (Eroica) von Ludwig van Beethoven | Director |
| 1966 | The Nameless Star | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | Codine | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | The Long Absence | Director |
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