Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker
Person

Jacques Becker

Director 1906-09-15 Paris, France

Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as Partie de campagne (1936) and La Grande Illusion (1937). In the early part of World War II, Becker was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp for a year. During the Nazi occupation of France, he became a film director in his own right and he also joined t...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Grand Illusion

Grand Illusion

1937 · British Officer (uncredited)

A Day in the Country

A Day in the Country

1946 · Seminarian (uncredited)

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Boudu Saved from Drowning

1932 · Le Poète (uncredited)

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

1957 · The crown prince

Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

1936 · Le jeune chômeur

Le Bled

Le Bled

1929 · Un ouvrier agricole

Chotard and Co.

Chotard and Co.

1933 · Un invité au bal costumé (uncredited)

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956 · Self

Pitiless Gendarme

Pitiless Gendarme

1935 · Un Saint-Cyrien

On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'

On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'

1951 · Self (Archive Footage)

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

1978 · Self (archive footage)

Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker

1967 · Self (archive footage)