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Jacques Becker

Directing

Jacques Becker

Jacques Becker is a director born on September 15, 1906 in Paris, France. He died on February 21, 1960, aged 53. He is known for Le Trou, Touchez Pas au Grisbi and Casque d'Or. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Directing
Born
September 15, 1906
Place of birth
Paris, France
Died
February 21, 1960
Also known as
ジャック・ベッケル

Biography

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 prisoner-of-war camp for a year. During the Nazi occupation of France, he became a film director in his own right and he also joined the Comité de libération du cinéma français. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'or held in high esteem among film critics. Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacques Becker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

  1. 1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaas Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
  2. 1967Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Beckeras Self (archive footage)
  3. 1960Le TrouDirector · Screenplay
  4. 1958The Lovers of MontparnasseDirector · Screenplay
  5. 1957The Adventures of Arsène Lupinas The crown prince · Director · Writer
  6. 1954Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesDirector · Writer
  7. 1954Touchez Pas au GrisbiDirector · Screenplay
  8. 1953Rue de l'estrapadeDirector
  9. 1952Casque d'OrDirector · Screenplay
  10. 1951Edward and CarolineDirector · Writer
  11. 1951On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'as Self (Archive Footage)
  12. 1949Rendezvous in JulyWriter · Director
  13. 1947Antoine & AntoinetteDirector · Writer
  14. 1946A Day in the Countryas Seminarian (uncredited)
  15. 1945Paris FrillsDirector · Writer
  16. 1943It Happened at the InnDirector
  17. 1942The Trump CardDirector
  18. 1940Cristobal's GoldDirector
  19. 1937The Great HopeDirector
  20. 1937Grand Illusionas British Officer (uncredited)
  21. 1936Life Is Oursas Le jeune chômeur · Director · Writer
  22. 1935Pitiless Gendarmeas Un Saint-Cyrien · Screenplay · Director
  23. 1933Chotard and Co.as Un invité au bal costumé (uncredited)
  24. 1932Boudu Saved from Drowningas Le Poète (uncredited)
  25. 1929Le Bledas Un ouvrier agricole