Biography
Lou Bonin, also credited as Lou Tchimoukoff, Tchimoukow and variants, was a French actor, costume designer, production designer, set decorator and assistant director. He was born in Avignon in 1878 and died in 1963.
He appeared in small roles in several 1930s films, including an uncredited part as a passenger at the railway station in L'Atalante (1934). Bonin worked as a costume designer on Ciboulette (1933), Bizarre, Bizarre (1937), Hôtel du Nord (1938) and Coral Reefs (1939). He later served as assistant director on films including Adieu Léonard (1943), Voyage surprise (1947), Passion for Life (1949) and L'Air de Paris (1954). He was also credited with production design and set decoration duties, notably on L'Affaire est dans le sac (1932) and Le village magique (1955).
Bonin was associated with the Groupe Octobre theatre collective in the 1930s.
