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Abel Gance
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Napoleʾon
- Abel Gance, ou, Le Prométhée foudroyé
- La roue
- Abel Gance, un soleil dans chaque image
- Christophe Colomb
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Film & TV
Directing · Paris, France
Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927). He was born in Paris in 1889. In 1909, he acted in his first film. He also wrote scenarios, and often sold them to Gaumont. During this period he was diagnosed with tuberculosis,…
Known for
- Abel Gance et son Napoléon — Self (archival footage)1984
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
- Spécial cinéma — Self (archive footage)1974
- Bonaparte et la révolution — St. Just (archive footage)1972
- Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite — Self - Interviewee1968
- Omnibus — Self1967
- Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow — Self1963
- Cinépanorama — Self1956
- Napoléon Bonaparte — Saint-Just1935
- The End of the World — Jean Novalic1931
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 23
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
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- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
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- Comparison of multiple Amber force fields and development of improved protein backbone parameters
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- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,095x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,092x
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Key facts
- Born
- Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon , ( 1889-10-25 ) 25 October 1889, Paris , France
- Died
- 10 November 1981 (1981-11-10) (aged 92), Paris , France
- Occupations
- Director, producer, writer, actor
- Spouses
- Mathilde Angèle Thizeau, Marguerite Danis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1922 , divorced ) , Sylvie Grenade (Marie Odette Vérité) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1933 ; died 1978 )
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Wikidata facts
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- GANCE Abel-24x30b-.jpg
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- Commons category
- Abel Gance
- date of birth
- 1889-10-25
- date of death
- 1981-11-11
- name in native language
- Abel Gance
- birth name
- Abel Eugène Alexandre Perthon
- start of work period
- 1911-00-00
- end of work period
- 1972-00-00
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Abel Gance ( French: [gɑ̃s]; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 1889 – 10 November 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer, and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927).
Early life