André Liabel was a French actor, film director and screenwriter.
André Liabel began his career as comedian by working full-time as an actor for the cinematographic company Laboratoires Éclair which had just opened its new studios at Épinay-sur-Seine in 1908.
He performed in more than sixty films until 1933. He also was assistant director.
Selected filmography
Director
1913 : Jack, after the novel by Alphonse Daudet
1913 : La Petite chocolatière
1914 : Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme, script by Paul Gavault
1915 : Le Calvaire, (short film) 1919 : Le Sang des immortelles 1920 : Le Secret d'Alta Rocca, script by Valentin Mandelstamm 1922 : Des fleurs sur la mer, script by Henri-André Legrand 1924 : La Closerie des Genêts, after the novel by Frédéric Soulié 1928 : Dans l'ombre du harem, codirected with Léon Mathot 1929 : L'Appassionata, codirected with Léon Mathot after the play by Pierre Frondaie 1930 : Instinct, codirected avec Léon Mathot after the work by Henry Kistemaeckers