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Jean Daumery

Belgian film director (1898-1934) · Belgium · On the map · Directors · Died at 35

Jean Daumery (1898-1934) was a Belgian-born film director. Jean (John) Daumery is the pseudonym of Jean Nicolas Pierre Ysaÿe. He was born in Brussels (Belgium) on 17 May 1898. He was the son of the pianist and composer Théo Ysaÿe and the actress Carrie Mess, better known as Carrie Daumery.

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1934Died5 May 1934Over the Garden WallFilm, 1934Director1933Call Me MameFilm, DirectorLe Soir des roisFilm, 1933DirectorLittle Miss NobodyFilm, 1933DirectorMeet My SisterFilm, 1933DirectorThe Thirteenth CandleFilm, 1933DirectorThis Acting BusinessFilm, 1933Director1932Help YourselfFilm, DirectorThe Crowd RoarsFilm, 1932Director1931The AviatorFilm, Director1930Counter-InvestigationFilm, DirectorLe Masque d'HollywoodFilm, 1930DirectorLopez, le banditFilm, 1930DirectorRough WatersFilm, 1930Director1898Born17 May 1898

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His uncle was the famous violinist Eugène Ysaÿe. In the First World War, Jean Ysaÿe was a soldier who shot films for the Belgian army behind the front. During this work, he inhaled poison gas from which he died in Lausanne (Switzerland) on 3 May 1934. Two months before his death, he married Béatrice Henriette Potter. As a film director, he worked in Paris and London for Warner Bros. First National. He made about twenty films, with amongst others as actor Jean Gabin, Percy Marmont and John Stuart, as actress Wendy Barrie and Marian Marsh, and as screenwriter Paul Vialar.

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Belgium
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1934 · aged 35

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