- Jean Vigo
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birthdate =April 26 1905
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academyawards =Jean Vigo (
April 26 ,1905 –October 5 ,1934 ) was a Frenchfilm director , who helped establishpoetic realism in film in the 1930s and went on to be a posthumous influence on theFrench New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.Biography
Vigo was born to Emily Clero and the prominent Spanish/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 is shit"). Much of his early life was spent on the run with his parents. His father was strangled in his cell inFresnes Prison on the night of13 August 1917 — allegedly the authorities were responsible. The young Vigo was subsequently sent to boarding school under an assumed name, Jean Sales, to conceal his identity.Vigo was married and had a daughter in 1931. He died of complications from
tuberculosis , which he had contracted eight years earlier.Career
Vigo is noted for two films which affected the future development of both French and world cinema: "
Zéro de conduite " (1933) and "L'Atalante " (1934).He also made two other films: "
À propos de Nice " (1929), a subversivesilent film examining social inequity in 1920s Nice; and "Taris, roi de l'eau " (1931), a motion study of swimmerJean Taris .His films — especially "Zéro de conduite" — have been heavily censored by the French government. They outlived their critics, though, and "L'Atalante" was chosen as the 10th-greatest film of all time in "
Sight & Sound "'s 1962 poll, and as the 6th-best in its 1992 poll.The
Prix Jean Vigo is an annual award.External links
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* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/vigo.html Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database]
* [http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/VigoJean.htm Jean Vigo Page] at The Anarchist EncyclopediaPersondata
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DATE OF BIRTH=April 26 1905
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DATE OF DEATH=October 5 1934 (aged 29)
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