Abel Gance
Abel Gance
Person

Abel Gance

Director 1889-10-25 Paris, France

Abel Gance (October 25, 1889 – November 10, 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927). He was born in Paris in 1889. In 1909, he acted in his first film. He also wrote scenarios, and often sold them to Gaumont. During this period he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, fatal at the time, but he recovered. In 1911, with some friends he established a pro...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Napoleon

Napoleon

1927 · Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Fall of the House of Usher

1928 · Bar Customer

La Roue

La Roue

1923 · Self

The End of the World

The End of the World

1931 · Jean Novalic

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967 · Self

Around the End of the World

Around the End of the World

1930 · Self

Abel Gance et son Napoléon

Abel Gance et son Napoléon

1984 · Self (archival footage)

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956 · Self

Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

1935 · Saint-Just

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma

1974 · Self (archive footage)

Around The Wheel

Around The Wheel

1923 · Self

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

1968 · Self - Interviewee

Ciné regards

Ciné regards

1978 · Self

Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow

Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow

1963 · Self

Pour le plaisir

Pour le plaisir

1964 · Self

Autour de Napoléon

Autour de Napoléon

1928 · self

Molière

1910 · Molière jeune

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

1978 · Self (archive footage)