Directing
Denys Colomb de Daunant
- Born
- Nov 21, 1922 · Aged 83
- Died
- Mar 22, 2006
- Place of birth
- Nîmes, Gard, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 1
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 3
Also known as (1)
- دينيس كولومب د داونانت
Biography
Albin Théodore Denys Colomb de Daunant (21 November 1922 – 22 March 2006) was a French writer, poet, photographer and filmmaker, best known for his work on the multi-award-winning 1953 short film White Mane. An aristocrat and modern dandy, he was an iconic figure of France's rural Camargue region. The son of Auguste Colomb de Daunant and L. Carenou, Denys Colomb de Daunant was born into a Protestant family in the Gard department of southern France. The Colomb de Daunants were major landowners and ran a number of traditional mas and factories. During the Second World War, he had to flee…
