About

Known credits:
98
Birthday:
1888-04-23
Place of birth:
Paris, France
Website:
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Marcel L'Herbier

Overview

Marcel L'Herbier (1888-1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television. He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC).

In 1921, only three years after his first film, Marcel L'Herbier was voted by readers of a French film magazine as the best French director. In the following year, the critic Léon Moussinac marked him as one of the filmmakers whose work was most important for the future of cinema. In this period, L'Herbier was linked with filmmakers such as Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac and Louis Delluc as part of a "first avant-garde" (Impressionism) in French cinema, the first generation to think spontaneously in animated images.

Known for

Acting
1929 Autour de l'argent Actor Himself 59
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1918 Infatuation Actor N/A
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Directing
1975 La Féerie des fantasmes Directing Director N/A
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1954 What the East Wind Saw Directing Director N/A
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1953 The Father of the Girl Directing Director 58
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1950 The Last Days of Pompeii Directing Director 58
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1948 Stolen Affections Directing Director 59
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1946 Queen's Necklace Directing Director 58
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1946 Happy Go Lucky Directing Director 59
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1945 The Bohemian Life Directing Director 59
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1943 The Honorable Catherine Directing Director 59
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1942 Fantastic Night Directing Director 59
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1941 Foolish Husbands Directing Director 59
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1940 Comedy of Happiness Directing Director 59
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1940 La Mode rêvée Directing Director N/A
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1939 Savage Brigade Directing Director N/A
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1939 Cordial Agreement Directing Director 59
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1939 Land of Fire Directing Director N/A
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1938 Adrienne Lecouvreur Directing Director 58
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1938 Rasputin Directing Director 58
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1937 Forfaiture Directing Director 59
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1937 The Citadel of Silence Directing Director N/A
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1937 Nights of Fire Directing Director N/A
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1936 Children's Corner Directing Director 59
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1936 The New Men Directing Director 59
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1936 The Great Temptation Directing Director N/A
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1935 The Imperial Road Directing Director 59
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1935 Sacrifice of Honor Directing Director N/A
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1934 The Adventurer Directing Director 59
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1934 Le Bonheur Directing Director 59
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1934 Le Scandale Directing Director N/A
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1933 The Hawk Directing Director N/A
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1931 Scent of the Woman in Black Directing Director 59
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1930 The Mystery of the Yellow Room Directing Director 59
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1930 One night woman Directing Director N/A
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1930 Illegitimate Child Directing Director 59
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1929 Princely Nights Directing Director N/A
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1928 L'Argent Directing Director 59
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1928 Little Devil May Care Directing Director 59
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1926 Le Vertige Directing Director 59
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1925 The Late Mathias Pascal Directing Director 59
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1924 L'Inhumaine Directing Director 59
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1923 Résurrection Directing Director N/A
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1922 Don Juan et Faust Directing Director N/A
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1921 El Dorado Directing Director 59
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1921 Prometheus, Banker Directing Director 59
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1921 Villa Destin Directing Director N/A
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1920 The Man of the Sea Directing Director 59
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1920 Le Carnaval des vérités Directing Director N/A
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1919 Le Bercail Directing Director 59
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1919 Rose-France Directing Director 59
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Writing
1953 The Father of the Girl Writing Screenplay 58
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1950 The Last Days of Pompeii Writing Screenplay 58
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1950 The Last Days of Pompeii Writing Dialogue 58
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1948 Stolen Affections Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 Fantastic Night Writing Adaptation 59
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1941 Foolish Husbands Writing Writer 59
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1940 Comedy of Happiness Writing Writer 59
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1940 La Mode rêvée Writing Screenplay N/A
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1939 Savage Brigade Writing Writer N/A
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1938 Adrienne Lecouvreur Writing Writer 58
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1938 Rasputin Writing Screenplay 58
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1937 Nights of Fire Writing Screenplay N/A
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1936 The New Men Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 The Great Temptation Writing Writer N/A
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1935 The Imperial Road Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1935 Sacrifice of Honor Writing Screenplay N/A
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1934 Le Bonheur Writing Writer 59
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1934 Le Scandale Writing Screenplay N/A
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1933 The Hawk Writing Writer N/A
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1931 Scent of the Woman in Black Writing Screenplay 59
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1930 The Mystery of the Yellow Room Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1930 One night woman Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1929 Princely Nights Writing Screenplay N/A
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1928 L'Argent Writing Writer 59
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1928 Little Devil May Care Writing Screenplay 59
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1926 Le Vertige Writing Writer 59
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1925 The Late Mathias Pascal Writing Writer 59
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1924 L'Inhumaine Writing Scenario Writer 59
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1923 Résurrection Writing Writer N/A
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1922 Don Juan et Faust Writing Screenplay N/A
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1921 El Dorado Writing Writer 59
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1921 Prometheus, Banker Writing Writer 59
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1921 Villa Destin Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1920 The Man of the Sea Writing Writer 59
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1920 Le Carnaval des vérités Writing Writer N/A
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1919 Rose-France Writing Writer 59
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1918 Infatuation Writing Writer N/A
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1918 Infatuation Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1917 The Blindness of Youth Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1930 Zuiderzee works Production Producer 59
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1924 The Gallery of Monsters Production Producer 59
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1923 News Item Production Producer 59
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1923 Le marchand de plaisirs Production Producer N/A
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Art
1924 The Gallery of Monsters Art Art Direction 59
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1923 News Item Art Art Direction 59
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1923 Le marchand de plaisirs Art Art Direction N/A
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Editing
1920 The Man of the Sea Editing Editor 59
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