Maurice Cam (1901–1974) was a French

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

. He directed fourteen films between 1939 and 1967 as well as working as

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and other various jobs in the film industry. Cam was originally an

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, who worked on film posters. Cam made his directoral debut with the 1939 thriller '' Metropolitan'', set partly on the

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. The film was a hit, and was remade the following year in Britain as '' A Window in London''.Hodgson p.37

Selected filmography

* '' Metropolitan'' (1939) * '' Bifur 3'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * '' Bouquet of Joy'' (1951) * '' A Girl in the Sun'' (1953)

References

Bibliography

* Hodgson, Michael. ''Patricia Roc''. Author House, 2013. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1901 births 1974 deaths French film directors Mass media people from Marseille French people of Italian descent {{France-film-director-stub