Léonce Perret — Infobox Person name = Léonce Perret image size = 250px caption = birth date = birth date|1880|5|13|mf=y birth place = Niort, Deux Sèvres, France death date = death date and age|1935|8|14|1880|5|13|mf=y death place = Paris, France occupation =… … Wikipedia
Perret, Léonce — (March 14, 1880, Niort, Deux Sèvres, France August 12, 1935, Paris, France) After completing his studies, he opted for a theatrical career, starting with André Antoine at the Théâtre Libre. Then the two men worked together at the Odéon. His… … Encyclopedia of French film directors
Gance, Abel — (October 25, 1889, Paris, France November 10, 1981, Paris, France) The illegitimate son of a physician, Abel Flamant, he was educated by his mother and his stepfather, a mechanic named Adolphe Gance. He had to work as a lawyer clerk to earn… … Encyclopedia of French film directors
Durand, Jean — (December 15, 1882, Paris, France March 10, 1946, Paris, France) A gifted drawer, he published his first work at age sixteen in a newspaper run by Georges Fagot, a future director for Pathé, and illustrated the autobiography of Bibi la Purée … Encyclopedia of French film directors
Carré, Michel — (February 7, 1865, Paris, France August 5, 1945, Paris, France) Parallel to his career as a director, he also was a screenwriter (1908 Benvenuto Cellini, short, Albert Capellani; Guillaume Tell, short, Albert Capellani; Marie Stuart / USA:… … Encyclopedia of French film directors
Philippe, Pierre — (November 12, 1931, Paris, France ) After completing his secondary studies, he worked for the stage (La Compagnie des Ballets Modernes) as a painter and set designer. Then he collaborated as a film critic on the review Cinéma. In 1961, he… … Encyclopedia of French film directors
Pouctal, Henri — (1856, La Ferté sous Jouarre, Seine et Marne, France February 3, 1922, Paris, France) An actor at the Odéon and at André Antoine s Théâtre Libre, he was hired by Paul Gavault, the artistic director of Le Film d Art, in 1908 and played in a… … Encyclopedia of French film directors
Feuillade, Louis — (February 20, 1873, Lunel, Hérault, France February 26, 1925, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France) The son of a wine broker, he was educated at the Catholic seminary of Carcassonne. After completing his military service in the Fourth Dragoons… … Encyclopedia of French film directors
Guitry, Sacha — (Alexandre Georges Guitry / February 21, 1885, St. Petersburg, Russia July 24, 1957, Paris, France) The son of the great actor Lucien Guitry (1860 1925), he had a mediocre schooling. In 1899, he made his stage debut under the pseudonym of… … Encyclopedia of French film directors
Tourneur, Maurice — (Maurice Félix Thomas / February 2, 1873, Paris, France August 4, 1961, Paris, France) The son of a jewel merchant, he studied at the Beaux Arts and earned a living as a decorator and book illustrator before working as an assistant at the… … Encyclopedia of French film directors
