Marc Allégret

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Marc Allégret
Born December 22, 1900
Basel, Basel-Stadt
Died November 3, 1973
Versailles, France
Occupation Screenwriter and film director
Years active 1927 - 1970

Marc Allégret (December 22, 1900 - November 3, 1973) was a French screenwriter and film director.

Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer. Allégret became André Gide's lover when he was fifteen and Gide was forty-seven. Later, Marc was to fall briefly under the spell of Cocteau, who Gide feared would "corrupt" him.

Marc's father, Elie Allégret, had originally been hired by Gide's mother to tutor her son in light of his weak grades in school, after which he and his charge became fast friends. In 1895 Elie was best man at Gide's wedding.

After filming a 1927 trip to the Congo with André Gide, he chose to pursue a career in the motion picture industry. His relationship with Gide ended after that trip, as Allégret found out that he preferred women after experiencing female natives. They nevertheless remained close friends to the end. After working and training as an assistant director, in 1931 he directed his first feature Mam'zelle Nitouche and the following year received much acclaim for his film, Fanny. He went on to a long career during which he wrote numerous scripts and directed more than fifty films.

Allégret is noted for discovering and/or developing new acting talent who went on to stardom including Michèle Morgan, Raimu, Gérard Philipe, Danièle Delorme, Louis Jourdan, and Roger Vadim who would become his directing assistant.

He died in 1973 and was interred in the Cimetière des Gonards in Versailles, France.

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NAME Allégret, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Screenwriter and film director
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel, Basel-Stadt
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1973
PLACE OF DEATH Versailles Flag of France France