- Jacques Becker
Infobox actor
name = Jacques Becker
birthdate =September 15 ,1906
birthplace =Paris ,France
deathdate =February 21 ,1960
deathplace =Paris ,France
othername =
occupation =Screenwriter Film director
yearsactive = 1935 - 1960
imdb_id = 0065442Jacques Becker (
September 15 ,1906 -February 21 ,1960 ) was a Frenchscreenwriter andfilm director .Becker was born in
Paris . During the 1930s he worked as an assistant to directorJean Renoir . Part of theComité de libération du cinéma français , during the German occupation of France inWorld War II , the Nazis held him in prison for a year.He married actress
Françoise Fabian . Their sonJean Becker also became a film director.Jacques Becker died at the age of fifty-three in 1960 and was interred in the
Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.Filmography
Director
*
Le Trou (1960)
*Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) (1958)
*The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
*Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
*Touchez pas au Grisbi (1954)
*Rue de l'Estrapade (1953)
*Casque d'or (1952)
*Édouard et Caroline (1951)
*Rendez-vous in July (1949)
*Antoine et Antoinette (1947)
*Paris Frills (1945)
*It Happened at the Inn (1943)
*Dernier atout (1942)
*Cristobal's Gold (1940) (some scenes)
*Le Commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié (1935 short) (co-director)
*Tête de turc (1935)Assistant Director
*The Mondesir Heir (1940)
*La Marseillaise (1938)
*La Grande illusion (1937)
*Les bas-fonds (1936)
*La vie est à nous (1936)
*Partie de campagne (1936 short)
*Madame Bovary (1933) (uncredited)
*Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
*Night at the Crossroads (1932)
*Allô... Allô... (1931 short)
*Y'en a pas deux comme Angélique (1931)External links
* [http://www.theyshootpictures.com/beckerjacques.htm They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?]
*imdb name|id=0065442|name=Jacques BeckerPersondata
NAME= Becker, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Screenwriter ,Film director
DATE OF BIRTH=September 15 ,1906
PLACE OF BIRTH=Paris FRA
DATE OF DEATH=February 21 ,1960
PLACE OF DEATH=Paris FRA
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