Louis Delluc (; 14 October 1890 – 22 March 1924) was an

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French film director, screenwriter and film critic.

Biography

Delluc was born in Cadouin in 1890. His family moved to Paris in 1903. After graduating from the university, he became a

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. On the end of the

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, he married the French actress

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(born in Belgium), who acted in six of his seven films. In 1917, Delluc began his career in film criticism. He went on to edit ''Le Journal du Ciné-club'' and ''Cinéa'', established

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, and directed seven films. He was one of the early

filmmakers, along with

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, and

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. His films are notable for their focus on ordinary events and the natural setting rather than on adventures and antics. Many of his early film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume ''Cinéma et Cie'' (1919). He also wrote one of the first books on

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(1921; translated into English in 1922). Delluc directed his seventh and final film, ''L'Inondation'' (''The Flood''), in 1924. Filming took place in very poor weather conditions and Delluc contracted pneumonia. He died in Paris several weeks later from

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, before the film was released. The

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, an award dedicated to French films which was created in 1936, is named in his honour.

Filmography

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'' * 1924:

References

External links

* * French film directors 1890 births 1924 deaths {{France-film-director-stub