Jacques Becker

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Jacques Becker
Born September 15, 1906
Paris, France
Died February 21, 1960
Paris, France
Occupation Screenwriter
Film director
Years active 1935 - 1960

Jacques Becker (September 15, 1906 - February 21, 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director.

Becker was born in Paris. During the 1930s he worked as an assistant to director Jean Renoir. Part of the Comité de libération du cinéma français, during the German occupation of France in World War II, the Nazis held him in prison for a year.

He married actress Françoise Fabian. Their son Jean Becker also became a film director.

Jacques Becker died at the age of fifty-three in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

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  • Le Trou (1960)
  • Les Amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19) (1958)
  • The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
  • Touchez pas au Grisbi (1954)
  • Rue de l'Estrapade (1953)
  • Casque d'or (1952)
  • Édouard et Caroline (1951)
  • Rendez-vous in July (1949)
  • Antoine et Antoinette (1947)
  • Paris Frills (1945)
  • It Happened at the Inn (1943)
  • Dernier atout (1942)
  • Cristobal's Gold (1940) (some scenes)
  • Le Commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié (1935 short) (co-director)
  • Tête de turc (1935)

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NAME Becker, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Screenwriter, Film director
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris Flag of France France
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1960
PLACE OF DEATH Paris Flag of France France
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