Jacques Becker
Birthday
1906/09/15
Day of death
1960/02/21 (53 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
ジャック・ベッケル
Biography
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1946) A Day in the Country
as Seminarian (uncredited)
(1935) Le Commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié
as Un Saint-Cyrien
(1932) Boudu Saved from Drowning
as Le Poète (uncredited)
(1929) Le Bled
as Un ouvrier agricole
(1957) The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
as The crown prince
(1933) Chotard and Co.
as Un invité au bal costumé (uncredited)
(1937) Grand Illusion
as L'officier anglais
(1936) Life Is Ours
as Le jeune chômeur
(1967) Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self