Denys de La Patellière (8 March 1921 in Nantes, France–21 July 2013) was a French film director and scriptwriter.
[1] The son of an officer, Denys de La Patellière was preparing for the entrance exam to the Military School of Saint-Cyr.
During World War II, he enlisted in the Liberation Army.
His brother-in-law, who worked for the Cinema Organizing Committee [fr], helped him enter the Buttes-Chaumont[2] laboratory as a cinematographic developer worker.
Subsequently, he became an editor for the news journal of the press company Les Actualités françaises [fr].