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Jean Epstein
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Jean Epstein was a French film director, screenwriter, writer, and literary critic. Born in Warsaw in 1897, he began his professional work period in 1922 and continued until his death in Paris in 1953. His work is associated with the genre of French Impressionist Cinema. Epstein wrote in French and is the author of works including *Écrits complets*, *Le cinéma du diable*, *Le cinématographe vu de l'Etna*, *The intelligence of a machine*, and *Cinéma*.
He died of natural causes due to cerebrovascular disease. His archives are held at the Cinémathèque Française.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1953
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Écrits complets
- Le cinéma du diable
- Le cinématographe vu de l'Etna
- The intelligence of a machine
- Cinéma
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Warszawa, Russian Empire [now Poland]
Jean Epstein (French: [ɛp.ʃtajn]; 25 March 1897 – 2 April 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, he directed three dozen films and was an influential critic of literature and film from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He is often associated…
Known for
- Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema — Self (archive footage)2011
- Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself — (archival footage)1978
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9
- Total plays
- 13
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,894x
- Situated Learning
· 1991 · cited 30,538x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,667x
- Numerical integration of the cartesian equations of motion of a system with constraints: molecular dynamics of n-alkanes
· 1977 · cited 19,853x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1897-03-25 ) 25 March 1897, Warsaw , Tsardom of Poland , Russian Empire
- Died
- 2 April 1953 (1953-04-02) (aged 56), Paris , France
- Occupations
- Film director film theorist literary critic novelist
- Years active
- 1922–1953
- Relatives
- Marie Epstein (sister)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean Epstein ( French: [ʒɑ̃ ɛpʃtajn]; 25 March 1897 – 2 April 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, he directed three dozen films and was an influential critic of literature and film from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He is often associated with French Impressionist Cinema and the concept of photogénie.
Life and career
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