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Alain Jessua

French film director, screenwriter (1932-2017) · France · Directors · Died at 85

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Alain Jessua was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1956 and 1997. He worked as assistant director for Jacques Becker on the set of Casque d'or, with Max Ophüls for Madame de... and Lola Montès and with Marcel Carné on Wasteland.

A life in dates

2017Died30 November 20172013Max Ophüls, le peintre de l'amour fatalFilm2006Working with Max Ophuls: Alain Jessua on the Making of Madame de...Film1997The Colors of the DevilFilm, Director, Writer1988No Harm IntendedFilm, Director, Writer1984Frankenstein 90Film, Director, Writer1982Paradise for AllFilm, Director, Writer1979The DogsFilm, Director, Writer1977ArmageddonFilm, Director, Writer1973Shock TreatmentFilm, Director, Writer1967Best Screenplay AwardAwardThe Killing GameFilm, 1967Director, Writer1964Life Upside DownFilm, Director, Writer1956Léon la luneFilm, Director, Writer1932Born16 January 1932

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Filmography 14

AFAlain Jessua, le franc-tireur du cinéma français2021
TCThe Story of French Fantasy Cinema2019
MFMax Ophüls, le peintre de l'amour fatal2013
WDWorking with Max Ophuls: Alain Jessua on the Making of Madame de...2006
TDThe Colors of the DevilDirector, Writer1997
NINo Harm IntendedDirector, Writer1988
FRFrankenstein 90Director, Writer1984
PAParadise for AllDirector, Writer1982
TDThe DogsDirector, Writer1979
ARArmageddonDirector, Writer1977 · ★ 5.8
STShock TreatmentDirector, Writer1973 · ★ 6.5
TGThe Killing GameDirector, Writer1967
LDLife Upside DownDirector, Writer1964
LLLéon la luneDirector, Writer1956

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Awards

Best Screenplay Award1967

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Alain Jessua was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1956 and 1997. He worked as assistant director for Jacques Becker on the set of Casque d'or, with Max Ophüls for Madame de... and Lola Montès and with Marcel Carné on Wasteland. Léon la lune his first short film won the influential Prix Jean Vigo in 1957. He directed first feature film in 1963 La vie à l'envers that won Best First Film at Venice Film Festival, in 1964.

Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2017 · aged 85

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