Richard de Rochemont (December 13, 1903 – August 2, 1982) was an American documentary
filmmaker
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in the late 1940s, who worked on the ''
March of Time
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newsreel
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Harvard University
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and started his film career as a foreign editor for
Fox Movietone News
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(1930-1934). He was the brother of documentary filmmaker and feature film producer
Louis de Rochemont
Louis Clark de Rochemont (January 13, 1899 – December 23, 1978) was an American film maker known for creating, along with Roy E. Larsen, the monthly theatrically shown newsreels ''The March of Time''. His brother, Richard, was also a pro ...
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Stationed in France until 1941, Richard de Rochemont produced a series of shorts which covered subjects like
World War II
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, the 1920s, and the
Vatican
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. He produced ''
Crusade in Europe
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'' (1949), the very first documentary series produced for
television
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, based on the book by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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, produced by
Time Inc.
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Academy Award
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for ''
A Chance to Live
''A Chance to Live'' is a 1949 American short documentary film directed by James L. Shute, produced by Richard de Rochemont for Time Inc. and distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox. It is part of ''The March of Time'' series and portrays Monsigno ...
'' (1949). In 1952 he produced various films on
Lincoln
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. In 1955 de Rochemont founded his own film production company, Vavin Incorporated.
The company produced instructional films for organizations like Reader's digest and the French Tourist Office between the 1950s and 1980s.
In 1943,''Revue de la France libre'', Revue No. 240, 1982, p. 189 Fondation de la France libre. de Rochemont became the president of
France Forever
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and continued his action until after the Liberation, giving way to Doctor
Albert Simard
Albert Charles Joseph Simard ''Albert C. J. Simard(ca. 1891 — May 2, 1973New York State Journal of Medicine. (1973). United States: Medical Society of the State of New York. p. 2918Richard de Rochemont papers at the
University of Wyoming
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American Heritage Center
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