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Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
French actor (1920-1989) · France · On the map · Actors · Died at 69
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze was a French actor, critic, screenwriter, and director. In 1951, Doniol-Valcroze was a co-founder of the renowned film magazine Cahiers du cinéma, along with André Bazin and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. The magazine was initially edited by Doniol-Valcroze between 1951-1957.
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze is read about 58 times a day, in 19 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 17 June 2026
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Le Bon PlaisirFilm, Maître Groset1981
Les Fiancées de l'empireSeries, Director, Creator1979
Le Tourbillon des joursSeries, Director, Writer
Memoirs of a French WhoreFilm, 1979Police Inspector1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 BruxellesFilm, 2nd Caller1974
Une femme fataleFilm, Director, Writer1972
Man with the Transplanted BrainFilm, Director, Writer1970
The CrookFilm, Le banquier1967
A Question of RapeFilm, Director, Writer1963
Portuguese VacationFilm, Writer1960
A Game for Six LoversFilm, Director, Writer1956
Fool's MateFilm, Jean1950
OrpheusFilm, Young Man at Café des Poètes (uncredited)1920Born15 March 1920People around Jacques
Jean-Louis Trintignant Also in Le Voyou and Le Bon Plaisir
Alexandra Stewart Also in Le Bon Plaisir and Le bel âge
Claude Chabrol Produced Le Beau Serge and Fool's Mate
Jean-Claude Brialy Also in The 400 Blows and Le Beau Serge
Bernadette Lafont Also in Le Beau Serge and Out 1
Pierre Kast Directed Portuguese Vacation (1963)
Mag Bodard Produced A Question of Rape (1967)
Alain Robbe-Grillet Directed L'Immortelle and Playing with Fire
Jacques Rivette Directed Out 1 and Fool's Mate
Mathieu Carrière Jacques directed Man with the Transplanted Brain (1972)- Pierre Braunberger Produced Fool's Mate (1956)
Georges Delerue Wrote Le Bon Plaisir and L'Immortelle
Raymond Gérôme Jacques directed Le coeur battant (1962)
Michel Berto Also in Out 1 and Memoirs of a French Whore
François Truffaut Directed The 400 Blows (1959)
Catherine Deneuve Also in Le Bon Plaisir and Portuguese Vacation
Marie Dubois Jacques directed La maison des bories (1970)
Jean-Pierre Aumont Jacques directed Man with the Transplanted Brain (1972)
Gérard Barray Jacques directed L'eau a la bouche (1960)
François Leterrier Directed Rat Race (1980)
Maurice Garrel Jacques directed La maison des bories (1970)
Françoise Prévost Also in Portuguese Vacation (1963)
Jean Gruault Jacques directed Les surmenés (1958)
Madeleine Barbulée Jacques directed La maison des bories (1970)
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Orpheus 1950
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1976
Out 1 1990
Emmanuelle 3 1977
Filmography 36
56 credits on file
Television 2
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As critic, he championed numerous filmmakers including Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, and Nicholas Ray. In 1955, then 23-year-old François Truffaut made a short film in Doniol-Valcroze's apartment, Une Visite. Jacques's daughter Florence played a minor part in it.
