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- Birth nameEnrico Colpi
- Henri Colpi was born on July 15, 1921 in Brig, Valais, Switzerland. He was a director and writer, known for The Long Absence (1961), Codine (1963) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961). He died on January 14, 2006 in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- President of the jury at the entrance examination of La Fémis (France's national film school) in 1986.
- French editor and director, trained at the French cinema school IDHEC. Later taught editing techniques at the National Higher Institute of the Performing Arts in Brussels.
- Ten reels of an unreleased silent film by Andre Antoine, L,Hirondelle et La Mesange, which had been stored by the French Cinematheque, were edited into a projectable version by Colpi for showing in 1983.
- 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.
- He edited André Antoine's forgotten film L'Hirondelle et la Mésange (The Swallow and the Titmouse) to a 79-minute feature that premiered in 1984. Antoine initially shot six hours of footage.
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