About

Known credits:
47
Birthday:
1906-09-15
Place of birth:
Paris, France
Website:
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Jacques Becker

Overview

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 and he also joined the Comité de libération du cinéma français. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'or held in high esteem among film critics.

Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

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Known for

Acting
1967 Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1957 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Actor The crown prince 59
Average
1946 A Day in the Country Actor Seminarian (uncredited) 62
Fair
1937 Grand Illusion Actor L'officier anglais 70
Good
1936 Life Is Ours Actor Le jeune chômeur 58
Average
1935 Pitiless Gendarme Actor Un Saint-Cyrien N/A
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1933 Chotard and Co. Actor Un invité au bal costumé (uncredited) 58
Average
1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning Actor Le Poète (uncredited) 60
Fair
1929 Le Bled Actor Un ouvrier agricole 59
Average

Directing
1960 Le Trou Directing Director 70
Good
1958 The Lovers of Montparnasse Directing Director 59
Average
1957 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Directing Director 59
Average
1954 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Directing Director 59
Average
1954 Touchez Pas au Grisbi Directing Director 62
Fair
1953 Rue de l'Estrapade Directing Director 58
Average
1952 Casque d'Or Directing Director 62
Fair
1951 Edward and Caroline Directing Director 59
Average
1949 Rendezvous in July Directing Director 58
Average
1947 Antoine & Antoinette Directing Director 59
Average
1946 A Day in the Country Directing First Assistant Director 62
Fair
1945 Paris Frills Directing Director 59
Average
1943 It Happened at the Inn Directing Director 59
Average
1942 The Trump Card Directing Director 58
Average
1940 Cristobal's Gold Directing Director N/A
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1937 Grand Illusion Directing First Assistant Director 70
Good
1936 Life Is Ours Directing Director 58
Average
1935 Pitiless Gendarme Directing Director N/A
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1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning Directing Assistant Director 60
Fair
1932 Night at the Crossroads Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1931 Y'en a pas deux comme Angélique Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Writing
1960 Le Trou Writing Screenplay 70
Good
1960 Le Trou Writing Dialogue 70
Good
1958 The Lovers of Montparnasse Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1957 The Adventures of Arsène Lupin Writing Writer 59
Average
1954 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Writing Writer 59
Average
1954 Touchez Pas au Grisbi Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1952 Casque d'Or Writing Dialogue 62
Fair
1952 Casque d'Or Writing Adaptation 62
Fair
1952 Casque d'Or Writing Screenplay 62
Fair
1951 Edward and Caroline Writing Writer 59
Average
1949 Rendezvous in July Writing Writer 58
Average
1947 Antoine & Antoinette Writing Writer 59
Average
1945 Paris Frills Writing Writer 59
Average
1943 It Happened at the Inn Writing Adaptation 59
Average
1936 Life Is Ours Writing Writer 58
Average
1935 Pitiless Gendarme Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1932 Night at the Crossroads Production Production Manager 59
Average