Jacques Becker
Directing
12
Acting Credits
17
Directed
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
as Self (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker
1967
as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
1957
as The crown prince
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
On the Set of 'Casque D'Or'
1951
as Self (Archive Footage)
A Day in the Country
1946
as Seminarian (uncredited)
Grand Illusion
1937
as British Officer (uncredited)
Life Is Ours
1936
as Le jeune chômeur
Pitiless Gendarme
1935
as Un Saint-Cyrien
Chotard and Co.
1933
as Un invité au bal costumé (uncredited)
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932
as Le Poète (uncredited)
Le Bled
1929
as Un ouvrier agricole