Jacques Feyder(1885-1948)

Director
Writer
Actor

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Jacques Feyder

Jacques Feyder was born on 21 July 1885 in Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium. He was a director and writer, known for Le grand jeu (1934), La kermesse héroïque (1935) and Fahrendes Volk (1938). He was married to Françoise Rosay. He died on 24 May 1948 in Rive-de-Prangins, Switzerland.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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Known for

Le grand jeu (1934)

7.2

Director

1934

La kermesse héroïque (1935)

La kermesse héroïque

7.4

Director

1935

Hans Albers, Jacques Feyder, Camilla Horn, Françoise Rosay, Hannes Stelzer, and Irene von Meyendorff in Fahrendes Volk (1938)

6.2

Director

1938

Pension Mimosas (1935)

Pension Mimosas

7.0

Director

1935

Credits

Director

Macadam
6.9
- Director
- 1946
Matura-Reise
- Director (supervising)
- 1943
Une femme disparaît
6.0
- Director
- 1942
La Loi du Nord
6.1
- Director
- 1939
Fahrendes Volk
6.2
- Director
- 1938
Les gens du voyage
6.7
- Director
- 1938
Le chevalier sans armure
6.8
- Director
- 1937
Die klugen Frauen
- Director
- 1936
La kermesse héroïque
7.4
- Director
- 1935
Pension Mimosas
7.0
- Director
- 1935
Le grand jeu
7.2
- Director
- 1934
Fils de Radjah
6.1
- Director
- 1931
Révolte dans la prison
6.6
- Director (replaced during production)
- 1931
Daybreak
6.1
- Director
- 1931
Anna Christie
6.9
- Director
- 1930

Writer

Le grand jeu
5.9
- story "Le Grand Jeu"
- 1954
Une femme disparaît
6.0
- screenplay
- 1942
La Loi du Nord
6.1
- scenario
- 1939
Fahrendes Volk
6.2
- writer
- 1938
Les gens du voyage
6.7
- screenplay
- 1938
La kermesse héroïque
7.4
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1935
Pension Mimosas
7.0
- Writer
- 1935
Le grand jeu
7.2
- screenplay
- 1934
Si l'empereur savait ça
- writer
- 1930
Gardiens de phare
7.4
- writer
- 1929
Les nouveaux messieurs
6.7
- writer
- 1929
Carmen
6.7
- Writer
- 1926
Gribiche
6.8
- Writer
- 1926
Poil de carotte
7.2
- adaptation
- 1925
Visages d'enfants
7.6
- scenario
- 1925

Actor

La faute de Pierre Vaisy
Short
- 1916
Monsieur Pinson policier
Short
- 1916
Quand minuit sonna
Short
- 1916
Les vampires: L'évasion du mort
7.1
Short
- (uncredited)
- 1916
Le troisième larron
Short
- 1915
La pépite d'or
Short
- 1915
Autour d'une bague
Short
- 1915
Les vampires
7.3
- (episode V: L'évasion du mort)
- 1915
Protéa III ou La course à la mort
- 1915
Le trait d'union
Short
- 1913
Protéa
6.1
- Un diplomate
- 1913
Cendrillon ou La pantoufle merveilleuse
5.7
Short
- Le Prince
- 1912

Personal details

Official site
- France's national library (fr)
Born
- July 21, 1885
- Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium
Died
- May 24, 1948
- Rive-de-Prangins, Switzerland
Spouse
- Françoise Rosay1917 - May 24, 1948 (his death, 3 children)
Children
Publicity listings
- 3 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 325-330. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

Quotes
I am only a craftsman working in a very big industry that in a third of a century conquered the markets, caught up the oldest and most important human activities like metallurgy or motor-engineering and may be compared with press for its social influence and its power in spreading ideas.

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