Jacques Becker
French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)
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- Eugène Rouher
- Les Sociétés européennes et la guerre de 1914-1918
- La Quatrième République
- Der Grosse Krieg
- Ouvriers, villes et société
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Directing · Paris, France
Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as Partie de campagne (1936) and La Grande Illusion (1937). In the early part of World War II, Becker was held in a German…
Known for
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
- Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker — Self (archive footage)1967
- The Adventures of Arsène Lupin — The crown prince1957
- Cinépanorama — Self1956
- On the Set of 'Casque D'Or' — Self (Archive Footage)1951
- A Day in the Country — Seminarian (uncredited)1946
- Grand Illusion — L'officier anglais1937
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Jacques Becker ( French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led the French New Wave movement.
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