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Jacques Feyder(1885-1948)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Jacques Feyder
Jacques Feyder was born on 21 July 1885 in Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium. He was a director and writer, known for Le grand jeu (1934), Carnival in Flanders (1935) and Fahrendes Volk (1938). He was married to Françoise Rosay. He died on 24 May 1948 in Rive-de-Prangins, Switzerland.
BornJuly 21, 1885
DiedMay 24, 1948(62)
BornJuly 21, 1885
DiedMay 24, 1948(62)
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  • Awards
    • 4 wins & 4 nominations

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Known for

Le grand jeu (1934)
Le grand jeu
7.2
  • Director
  • 1934
Carnival in Flanders (1935)
Carnival in Flanders
7.4
  • Director
  • 1935
Hans Albers, Jacques Feyder, Camilla Horn, Françoise Rosay, Hannes Stelzer, and Irene von Meyendorff in Fahrendes Volk (1938)
Fahrendes Volk
6.2
  • Director
  • 1938
Pension Mimosas (1935)
Pension Mimosas
7.0
  • Director
  • 1935

Credits

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Director

  • Macadam (1946)
    Macadam
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Matura-Reise (1943)
    Matura-Reise
    • Director (supervising)
    • 1943
  • Portrait of a Woman (1942)
    Portrait of a Woman
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1942
  • La loi du nord (1939)
    La loi du nord
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1939
  • Hans Albers, Jacques Feyder, Camilla Horn, Françoise Rosay, Hannes Stelzer, and Irene von Meyendorff in Fahrendes Volk (1938)
    Fahrendes Volk
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Les gens du voyage (1938)
    Les gens du voyage
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1938
  • Marlene Dietrich and Robert Donat in Knight Without Armor (1937)
    Knight Without Armor
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Die klugen Frauen
    • Director
    • 1936
  • Carnival in Flanders (1935)
    Carnival in Flanders
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Pension Mimosas (1935)
    Pension Mimosas
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1935
  • Le grand jeu (1934)
    Le grand jeu
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Ramon Novarro and Madge Evans in Son of India (1931)
    Son of India
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Big House (1931)
    Big House
    6.5
    • Director (replaced during production)
    • 1931
  • Ramon Novarro in Daybreak (1931)
    Daybreak
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Greta Garbo and Herman Bing in Anna Christie (1930)
    Anna Christie
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1930

Writer

  • Flesh and the Woman (1954)
    Flesh and the Woman
    5.9
    • story "Le Grand Jeu"
    • 1954
  • Portrait of a Woman (1942)
    Portrait of a Woman
    5.8
    • screenplay
    • 1942
  • La loi du nord (1939)
    La loi du nord
    6.1
    • scenario
    • 1939
  • Hans Albers, Jacques Feyder, Camilla Horn, Françoise Rosay, Hannes Stelzer, and Irene von Meyendorff in Fahrendes Volk (1938)
    Fahrendes Volk
    6.2
    • writer
    • 1938
  • Les gens du voyage (1938)
    Les gens du voyage
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1938
  • Carnival in Flanders (1935)
    Carnival in Flanders
    7.4
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Pension Mimosas (1935)
    Pension Mimosas
    7.0
    • Writer
    • 1935
  • Le grand jeu (1934)
    Le grand jeu
    7.2
    • screenplay
    • 1934
  • Si l'empereur savait ça (1930)
    Si l'empereur savait ça
    • writer
    • 1930
  • The Lighthouse Keepers (1929)
    The Lighthouse Keepers
    7.5
    • writer
    • 1929
  • Les nouveaux messieurs (1929)
    Les nouveaux messieurs
    6.7
    • writer
    • 1929
  • Fred Louis Lerch and Raquel Meller in Carmen (1926)
    Carmen
    6.7
    • Writer
    • 1926
  • Mother of Mine (1926)
    Mother of Mine
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 1926
  • André Heuzé in Poil de carotte (1925)
    Poil de carotte
    7.2
    • adaptation
    • 1925
  • Rachel Devirys and Jean Forest in Mother (1925)
    Mother
    7.6
    • scenario
    • 1925

Actor

  • La faute de Pierre Vaisy
    Short
    • 1916
  • Monsieur Pinson policier
    Short
    • 1916
  • Jacques Feyder in Quand minuit sonna (1916)
    Quand minuit sonna
    Short
    • 1916
  • The Vampires: Dead Man's Escape (1916)
    The Vampires: Dead Man's Escape
    7.1
    Short
    • (uncredited)
    • 1916
  • Le troisième larron
    Short
    • 1915
  • La pépite d'or
    Short
    • 1915
  • Autour d'une bague
    Short
    • 1915
  • Musidora in Les Vampires (1915)
    Les Vampires
    7.3
    • (episode V: L'évasion du mort)
    • 1915
  • Protéa III ou La course à la mort
    • 1915
  • Le trait d'union
    Short
    • 1913
  • Protéa (1913)
    Protéa
    6.1
    • Un diplomate
    • 1913
  • Cinderella or The Glass Slipper (1912)
    Cinderella or The Glass Slipper
    5.7
    Short
    • Le Prince
    • 1912

Personal details

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    • France's national library (fr)
  • Born
    • July 21, 1885
    • Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium
  • Died
    • May 24, 1948
    • Rive-de-Prangins, Switzerland
  • Spouse
    • Françoise Rosay1917 - May 24, 1948 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Bernard Farrel
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 325-330. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
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    I am only a craftsman working in a very big industry that in a third of a century conquered the markets, caught up the oldest and most important human activities like metallurgy or motor-engineering and may be compared with press for its social influence and its power in spreading ideas.

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