皮埃尔·谢纳尔，Pierre Chenal was born on December 5, 1904 in Brussels, Belgium as Pierre Cohen. He was a director and writer, known for Crime et châtiment (1935), Native Son (1951) and Les belles au bois dormantes (1970). He was married to Florence Marly. He died on December 23, 1990 in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine, France.