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Jacques Becker

Jacques Becker

ActorWriterDirectorDirectingProduction Sep 15 (died age 53) Paris, France 1929–1978 (49 year career)
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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 …

Known For

Le Trou
Film

Le Trou

Dialogue
Grand Illusion
Film

Grand Illusion

L'officier anglais
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Film

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Director
Casque d'Or
Film

Casque d'Or

Adaptation
A Day in the Country
Film

A Day in the Country

Seminarian (uncredited)
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Film

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Le Poète (uncredited)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Film

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Director
The Lovers of Montparnasse
Film

The Lovers of Montparnasse

Director

Filmography