Léonide Moguy

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Léonide Moguy

Born	(1899-07-14)14 July 1899 St. Petersburg, Russia
Died	21 April 1976(1976-04-21) (aged 76) Paris, France

Léonide Moguy (14 July 1899 – 21 April 1976) was a Russian born French film director, screenwriter and film editor .

He was active in film between 1936 and 1961. His work has influenced American director Quentin Tarantino, who discovered him while writing the script for Inglourious Basterds.^[1]

Personal life

One of Moguy's early companions was the fashion designer Jacques Fath, a sometime actor who appeared in an early Moguy film.

Selected Filmography

Conflit (1938)
Paris After Dark (1943)
Action in Arabia (1944)
Whistle Stop (1946) with George Raft and Ava Gardner
Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950)
Give Me My Chance (1957)
Man Wants To Live (1961)

Notes and references

↑ Quentin Tarantino interview at Times Talks, excerpt

External links

Léonide Moguy at the Internet Movie Database

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Persondata
Name	Moguy, Léonide
Alternative names
Short description	Film director
Date of birth	14 July 1899
Place of birth	St. Petersburg, Russia
Date of death	21 April 1976
Place of death	Paris, France

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