André Sarrouy

André Sarrouy, born January 5, 1905, in Algiers is a journalist, author, screenwriter, director and producer. He is the son of a school director from Lozère, Jean Alphonse Marie, born in 1858 in Algiers, and Marie Augustine Mélanie Fabreguettes, born in 1862 in Issy, married on June 2, 1881 in Algiers. His brother Georges was born on December 11, 1897, in Algiers. He grew up among Algerian children of all faiths. On the death of his father, director of the Franco-Arab school which bears his name, he entered the Lycée where he completed his studies. He showed very pronounced artistic tastes very early on and he even composed little puppet plays which he performed in front of his young friends, when he was only eight years old. After many vicissitudes in Paris, where he prepared for the conservatory under the direction of Jean d'Yd (1880-1964), he launched into cinema and collaborated on the production of "Dans l'Ombre du Harem." Very serious disappointments in France brought him back t...