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Jean Vigo

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Also known as Jean Sales, Jean Bonaventure de Vigo Almereyda

French film director (1905–1934)

Person · Open Library

Born
1905
Died
1934
Works
8

Top works

  • Zéro de conduite
  • Jean Vigo, 1905-1934
  • Prix Jean Vigo
  • The complete Jean Vigo
  • Complete Jean Vigo Zero for Conduct Latalante

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Film & TV

Directing · Paris, France

Jean Vigo was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s; he was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Vigo was born to Emily Clero and the prominent Catalan militant anarchist Eugeni Bonaventura de Vigo i Sallés (who adopted the name Miguel Almereyda—an anagram of "y'a la merde", which translates as "there's shit").…

Known for

  • Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé — Himself in pictures2001
  • Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
20
Total plays
34

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Key facts

Born
( 1905-04-26 ) 26 April 1905, Paris , France
Died
5 October 1934 (1934-10-05) (aged 29), Paris, France
Occupation
Film director
Years active
1930–1934

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean Vigo ( French: [ʒɑ̃ viɡo]; 26 April 1905 – 5 October 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Biography

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