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Marcel Camus Born 21 April 1912
Chappes, Ardennes, FranceDied 13 January 1982 (aged 69)
Paris, FranceOccupation Film director Years active 1957 - 1982 Marcel Camus (21 April 1912 – 13 January 1982) was a French film director.
He was born in Chappes, Ardennes, France and died in Paris. He is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.
He directed nearly a dozen films, including Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), which won the Golden Palm at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival[1] and the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[2]
Selected filmography
- Champions Juniors (1951) – writer
- Orfeu Negro (1959) - director
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Black Orpheus". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3471/year/1959.html. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/32nd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
External links
Academy Award for Foreign Language Film Winners (1947–1960) 1947–1955 (Honorary) 1947: Shoe-Shine • Vittorio De Sica • 1948: Monsieur Vincent • Maurice Cloche • 1949: Bicycle Thieves • Vittorio De Sica • 1950: The Walls of Malapaga • René Clément • 1951: Rashomon • Akira Kurosawa • 1952: Forbidden Games • René Clément • 1954: Gate of Hell • Teinosuke Kinugasa • 1955: Samurai, The Legend of Musashi • Hiroshi Inagaki
1956–1960 1956: La Strada • Federico Fellini • 1957: Nights of Cabiria • Federico Fellini • 1958: My Uncle • Jacques Tati • 1959: Black Orpheus • Marcel Camus • 1960: The Virgin Spring • Ingmar Bergman
Complete list · Submissions · (1947–1960) · (1961–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001–2020) Categories:- 1912 births
- 1982 deaths
- People from Ardennes
- French film directors
- French film director stubs
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