Jacques Becker
Known for Directing · 12 credits
- Born
- 1906-09-15
- Died
- 1960-02-21
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- ジャック・ベッケル
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 and he also joined the Comité de libération du cinéma français. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'or held in high esteem among film critics.
Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
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Known For
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Grand Illusion
1937
as L'officier anglais
A Day in the Country
1946
as Seminarian (uncredited)
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932
as Le Poète (uncredited)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957
as The crown prince
TV Shows (2)
Movies (10)
Grand Illusion
1937
as L'officier anglais
A Day in the Country
1946
as Seminarian (uncredited)
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932
as Le Poète (uncredited)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957
as The crown prince
Life Is Ours
1936
as Le jeune chômeur
Le Bled
1929
as Un ouvrier agricole
Chotard and Co.
1933
as Un invité au bal costumé (uncredited)
Pitiless Gendarme
1935
as Un Saint-Cyrien
On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'
1951
as Self (Archive Footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker
1967
as Self (archive footage)
About Jacques Becker
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 and he also joined the Comité de libération du cin… With 12 credits spanning from 1929 to 1978, Jacques Becker has appeared in 10 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jacques Becker Movies
- Grand Illusion (1937) — as L'officier anglais
- A Day in the Country (1946) — as Seminarian (uncredited)
- Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) — as Le Poète (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957) — as The crown prince
- Life Is Ours (1936) — as Le jeune chômeur
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