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Étienne Becker
Étienne Becker (1 May 1936, Paris, France – 11 December 1995, Paris) was a French Director of Photography. Life He is the son of the French director Jacques Becker Jacques Becker (; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led th ..., and the brother of Jean Becker. Filmography References External links Étienne Beckeron IMDb 1936 births 1995 deaths French cinematographers French people of Irish descent {{France-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the ÃŽle-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Baratier
Jacques Baratier (8 March 1918 – 27 November 2009) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 21 films. His film ''Goha'' won the Jury Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. His 1962 film ''La poupée (film), La poupée'' was entered for the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. ''Goha'' was also shown as part of the Cannes Classics section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * ''Les Filles du soleil'' (1948) * ''Désordre'' (1949) * ''La Cité du midi'' (1951) * ''La vie du vide'' (1952) * ''Le Métier de danseur'' (1953) * ''Histoire du palais idéal'' (1954) * ''Paris la nuit'' (1955) * ''Goha'' (1958) * ''La Poupée (film), La Poupée'' (1962) * ''Sweet and Sour (1963 film), Dragées au poivre'' (1963) * ''Eves futures'' (1964) * ''L'Or du duc'' (1965) * ''Voilà l'ordre'' (1966) * ''Le Désordre à vingt ans'' (1967) * ''Piège'' (1968) * ''Les Indiens'' (1969) * ''La Ville-bidon'' (1973) * ''Vous intéressez-vous à la chose?'' (1974) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boat On The Grass
''The Boat on the Grass'' () is a 1971 French drama film directed by Gérard Brach. It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Claude Jade - Eleonore * Jean-Pierre Cassel - David * John McEnery - Oliver * Valentina Cortese - Christine * Paul Préboist - Leon * Micha Bayard - Germaine * Pierre Asso - Alexis * Jean de Coninck - Jean-Claude Plot summary In this gentle, tragic drama, Olivier (John McEnery) is a wealthy young man. He spends his time building a boat on the lawn with his friend David (Jean-Pierre Cassel), a poor fisherman whom he grew up with. Though hardly idyllic, the relative calm provided by their friendship is disrupted by Eleonore (Claude Jade), a cute and determined young woman who sets her sights on David. She wants to wean David from his friendship with Olivier and plays on David's long-dormant jealousy of Olivier's wealth and easy life. Eleonore also plays the flipside of the jealousy issue, claiming that Olivier has made passes at her. Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Brach
Gérard Brach (23 July 1927 – 9 September 2006) was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He directed two movies: ''La Maison'' and ''The Boat on the Grass, Le Bateau sur l'herbe''. Biography Brach was born in Montrouge, Paris, where he grew up in poverty.Lisa Nesselson (22 September 2006)"Gerard Brach" ''Variety''. Retrieved 7 December 2023. At the age of 16, he was persuaded by his family to enlist in the 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne, Charlemagne division of the Waffen-SS, reportedly witnessing action at the Battle of Königsberg towards the end of World War II.Ariane Chemin, ''Fleurs et couronnes'' (Paris: Stock, 2009), p. 23. After the war, he contracted tuberculosis and ended up spending five years in a sanatorium, undergoing a series of operations that left him with only one lung.Laurence B. Chollet (18 December 1994)"The Man Who Wouldn’t Go Out: For 20 Years, Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Giovanni
José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was sentenced to death, Giovanni often drew his inspiration from personal experience or from real gangsters, such as Abel Danos in his 1960 film '' Classe tous risques'', overlooking that they had been members of the French Gestapo. In his films as well as his novels, while praising masculine friendships and advocating the confrontation of the individual against the world, he often championed the underworld but was always careful to hide his own criminal past and his links with the Nazi occupiers of France during World War II. Biography Youth Of Corsican descent, Joseph Damiani received a good education, studying at the Collège Stanislas de Paris and the Lycée Janson de Sailly. His father, a profession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Known Address
''Last Known Address'' () is a 1970 film directed by José Giovanni. This movie is based on the eponymous novel ''The Last Known Address'' by Joseph Harrington. Its theme tune, composed by François de Roubaix, has subsequently been sampled in several songs, such as " All n My Grill" by Missy Elliott and " Supreme" by Robbie Williams. Plot Marceau Léonetti (Lino Ventura), a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result, Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where the height of his investigative exploits is recovering a young boys stolen pigeons. Contacted by an old colleague of his, who is now head of a special crime unit, Léonetti is enlisted into the unit. There he meets young and beautiful police officer Jeanne (Marlène Jobert), and the pair are tasked with catching perverts who sexu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Kalfon
Pierre Kalfon is a French film producer and director. Selected filmography Director * '' OSS 117 prend des vacances'' (1970) * ''La Cravache – The Whip'' (1972) Producer * '' A Taste for Women'' (1964) * '' Cinq gars pour Singapour'' (1967) * ''Adelaide'' (1968) * '' The Boldest Job in the West'' (1969) * ''The Palace of Angels ''The Palace of Angels'' (; ) is a 1970 Brazilian-French drama film directed by Walter Hugo Khouri. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Bárbara is a French woman who lives in São Paulo and, ...'' (1970) References External links * French film directors French film producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{France-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OSS 117 Takes A Vacation
''OSS 117 takes a vacation''/''Hot Holidays for OSS 117''/''OSS 117 prend des vacances'' is a French/Brazilian international co-production 1970 spy film directed by Pierre Kalfon who also co-wrote and co-produced the film. It starred Luc Merenda, Edwige Feuillère and Elsa Martinelli. The film is one of the OSS 117 series of films, and was based on the 1968 novel ''Vacances Pour OSS 117'' by Josette Bruce the widow of Jean Bruce who also co-wrote the film. The film was shot in Guarujá. Plot OSS 117 goes on vacation to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double. Production The film was the result of an agreement between Pierre Kalfon and Walter Hugo Khouri. Kalfon directed and Khouri produced the OSS 117 film whilst Khouri directed and Kalfron produced Khouri's ''The Palace of Angels'' that also featured Luc Merenda, Norma Bengell and Geneviève Grad. Male model Luc Merenda made his debut in the film, at which time he was originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Salter
James Arnold Horowitz (June 10, 1925 – June 19, 2015), better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pilot in the United States Air Force, he resigned from the military in 1957 following the successful publication of his first novel, ''The Hunters''. After a brief career in film writing and film directing, in 1979 Salter published the novel ''Solo Faces''. He won numerous literary awards for his works, including belated recognition of works originally criticized at the time of their publication. Biography On June 10, 1925, Salter was born and named James Arnold Horowitz, the son of Mildred Scheff and George Horowitz. His father was a real estate broker and businessman who had graduated from West Point in November 1918 and served in the Corps of Engineers with both Army and Army Reserve. The elder Horowitz attained the rank of colonel and was a recipient of the Legio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom India
– ''L'Inde fantôme: Reflexions sur un voyage'' is a 1969 French seven part television documentary miniseries about India, directed by Louis Malle. It was shown on BBC television as ''Louis Malle's India''. Malle later said that the film was his most personal work and the one he was most proud of, it is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of his career. It was initially inspired by a two-month trip to India in late 1967 that Malle made on behalf of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to present a selection of " new French cinema" throughout the country. Filming took place between January 5, 1968, and May 1, 1968, with a crew of two, a cameraman and a sound recordist. Malle arrived in India with no particular plans and financed the trip himself. The resulting 30 hours of footage was then edited down to the 363 minutes of ''Phantom India''. The 105-minute-long ''Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Malle
Louis Marie Malle (; 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. Described as "eclectic" and "a filmmaker difficult to pin down", Malle made documentaries, romances, period dramas, and thrillers. He often depicted provocative or controversial subject matter. Malle's most famous works include the crime thriller '' Elevator to the Gallows'' (1958), the romantic drama '' The Lovers'' (1958), the World War II drama '' Lacombe, Lucien'' (1974), the period drama '' Pretty Baby'' (1978), the romantic crime film '' Atlantic City'' (1980), the dramedy '' My Dinner with Andre'' (1981), and the autobiographical '' Au revoir les enfants'' (1987). He also co-directed the landmark underwater documentary '' The Silent World'' with Jacques Cousteau, which won the 1956 and the 1957 Academy Award for Best Documentary. Malle is one of only four directors to have won the Golden Lion twice. His other a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calcutta (1969 Film)
''Calcutta'' is a 1969 French documentary film about Calcutta, directed by Louis Malle. Most of the footage was shot in Calcutta in 1967-1968 alongside Mrinal Sen who was then shooting footage for his film Calcutta 71 and Padatik. Calcutta was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival The 22nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 23 May 1969. Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti served as jury president for the main competition. The ''Grand Prix du Festival International du Film'', then the fetival's main prize, was awarde .... References External links * 1969 films 1960s French-language films French documentary films Films directed by Louis Malle Films set in Kolkata 1969 documentary films Documentary films about cities Documentary films about India 1960s French films {{1960s-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
