Jean Tedesco (1895–1958) was a French film director,

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish their findin ...

and

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. Chief editor of the ''Cinéa'' magazine he also was managing director of the

théâtre du Vieux-Colombier The Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier is a theatre located at 21, rue du Vieux-Colombier, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1913 by the theatre producer and playwright Jacques Copeau. Today it is one of the three theatres in Paris ...

between 1924 and 1934 where he showed

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films during the 1920s.''En route vers le parlant: histoire d'une évolution technologique''
Martin Barnier, Editions du CEFAL, 2002,

Filmography (selection)

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

: ''Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français'' (documentary) * 1951 : ''L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle'' (after

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) (short film) * 1951 : ' (short) * 1948 : ' with

Charles Dechamps Charles Dechamps (13 September 1882 – 25 September 1959) was a French stage and film actor. He married the comedian Fernande Albany on 19 November 1925. He died in 1959, and was buried at cimetière du Père-Lachaise. Filmography * 1909: ...

* 1946 : ''Comédie avant Molière'' (short) *

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

: ' (short) *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 � ...

: ' (documentary) * 1941 : ''Sur les chemins de Lamartine'' (documentary) * 1937 : ''Panoramas au fil de l'eau'' * 1931 : ''Amour et quadrille'' * 1928 : ''

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'' (co director :

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)

Bibliography

* ''Le Cinéma'', Jean Tédesco, 1933

References

External links

Cinema-francais.fr

Cineressources.net
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tedesco, Jean French film directors French film critics 20th-century French screenwriters Film directors from London 1895 births 1959 deaths