Henri Spade

Henri Spade (16 July 1921 - 12 November 2008) was a French journalist, television producer and novelist. He co-produced La joie de vivre, the first entertainment program on French television, in the 1950s. He directed and produced television films. He was "a pioneer of French television". He graduated from the University of Paris and the University of Strasbourg, where he studied the Humanities and the Law. With Jean Nohain, he co-produced over 200 episodes La joie de vivre from 1952 to 1959. Moreover, it played an important role in the audiovisual democratisation of operettas.

Spade began teaching at his alma mater, the University of Paris, in 1971. A year later, in 1972, he became the deputy director of the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française and, until 1988, director-producer of the Société française de production, where he produced and directed television films.

Spade was the author of fourteen novels and two non-fiction books. He was also a songwriter.

Death Spade was married to Michèle Stouvenot, a journalist. He died on 12 November 2008 in Paris.

Works Novels

Non-fiction