Jacques Daroy (1896–1963) was a French
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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and
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
. He directed the historical crime film ''
Vidocq'' in 1939.
[Crisp p.38]
Selected filmography
Director
* ''
Vidocq'' (1939)
* ''
Raboliot
''Raboliot'' is a French novel, written by Maurice Genevoix, published in 1925. It evokes the life of a poacher from Sologne. Considered his greatest work, it won the Prix Goncourt in 1925. The name Raboliot means "wild rabbit" in French. Plot
The ...
'' (1946)
*''
Rumours'' (1947)
* ''
Inspector Sergil'' (1947)
* ''
The Passenger'' (1949)
* ''
Oriental Port'' (1950)
* ''
Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster
''Monsieur Scrupule, Gangster'' (French: ''Monsieur Scrupule gangster'') is a 1953 French crime film directed by Jacques Daroy and starring Tilda Thamar, Yves Vincent and Howard Vernon.Rège p.285
Cast
* Tilda Thamar as Rolande
* Yves Vincent ...
'' (1953)
References
Bibliography
* Crisp, C.G. ''The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960''. Indiana University Press, 1993.
External links
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1896 births
1963 deaths
French film directors
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