Pierre de Hérain

Pierre de Hérain (24 July 1904 – 25 September 1972) was a French film director. de Hérain was born as Pierre Déhérain on 24 July 1904 in Avilly-Saint-Léonard, Oise, France.^[1][2] His father, François de Hérain, was a painter.^[1] His mother, Eugénie Hardon, later married Marshal Philippe Pétain, who became his stepfather.^[1][3] De Hérain began his career in film as an assistant director of Itto, a 1934 film directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and Marie Epstein.^[1] In 1935, he was an assistant director to Divine, directed by Max Ophüls.^[1] In 1938, he was an assistant director of Monsieur Coccinelle, directed by Dominique Bernard-Deschamps.^[4] De Hérain directed five films in the 1940s.^[1] One of them, Monsieur des Lourdines, was based on a novel by Alphonse de Châteaubriant.^[3] De Hérain died on 25 September 1972 in Paris.^[1][2]

Pierre de Hérain
Born	Pierre Paul Henri Déhérain (1904-07-24)24 July 1904 Avilly-Saint-Léonard, Oise, France
Died	25 September 1972(1972-09-25) (aged 68) Paris, France
Occupation	Film director
Parent(s)	François de Hérain Eugénie Hardon
Relatives	Pierre Paul Dehérain (paternal grandfather) Philippe Pétain (stepfather)[1]

Filmography

• Monsieur des Lourdines (1943)
• Pamela (1945)
• Love Around the House (1947)
• The Murdered Model (1948)
• Marlene (1949)