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French film director and producer, writer and actor (1889-1981)

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Top works

  • Napoleʾon
  • Abel Gance, ou, Le Prométhée foudroyé
  • La roue
  • Abel Gance, un soleil dans chaque image
  • Christophe Colomb

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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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Poland
Active from
1972-07-18

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15
Total plays
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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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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).

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