Abel Gance
Birthday
1889/10/25
Day of death
1981/11/10 (92 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
아벨 강스, Abel Perthon
Biography
Abel Gance 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 production company, L...Read more
Acting
(1931) The End of the World
as Jean Novalic
(1927) Napoleon
as Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
(1910) Molière
as Molière jeune
(1930) Around the End of the World
as Self
(1923) Around The Wheel
as Self
(1923) La Roue
as Self
(1972) Bonaparte et la révolution
as St. Just (archive footage)
(1928) The Fall of the House of Usher
as Bar Customer
(1963) Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
as Self
(1968) Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
as Self - Interviewee
(1935) Napoléon Bonaparte
as Saint-Just
(1984) Abel Gance et son Napoléon
as Self (archival footage)
(1974) Spécial cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1967) Omnibus
as Self