Jules Dassin
American film director (1911-2008) · United States · Directors · Died at 96
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Something wrong?Julius "Jules" Dassin was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career. He was best-known for his noir and crime films, though he also worked in other genres.
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BuzzFilm1982
Champs-ElyséesSeries1981
Circle of TwoFilm, Director1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries1974
The RehearsalFilm, Director, Writer1972
Le Grand ÉchiquierSeries1968Survival 1967Film, Director1964
TopkapiFilm, Director, Producer1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1960
Crack in the MirrorFilm, Writer1959
DiscoramaSeries1957
He Who Must DieFilm, Director, Writer1956
CinépanoramaSeries1955Cannes Best Director AwardAward1950
Night and the CityFilm, Director1948
The Naked CityFilm, Director1946
A Letter for EvieFilm, Director1943
Young IdeasFilm, Director1941
The Tell-Tale HeartFilm, Director1911Born18 December 1911Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 34
TSThe Hollywood Blacklist: The Survivors Tell Their Stories
EDElective Vicissitudes: The Radical Exiles of Jules Dassin
FAFilmmakers in Action
TBThe Long Haul of A.I. BezzeridesBUBuzz
BABalkan Landscapes: The Gaze of Theo AngelopoulosCTCircle of Two
APA Dream of PassionTRThe Rehearsal
PDPromise at Dawn
UPUptight
PS10:30 P.M. SummerTOTopkapi
PHPhaedra
NSNever on SundayCMCrack in the Mirror
TLThe LawHDHe Who Must Die
RIRififiNCNight and the City
THThieves' HighwayTCThe Naked City
BFBrute Force
TPTwo Smart PeopleAEA Letter for Evie
TGThe Canterville GhostYIYoung Ideas
RFReunion in France
NANazi Agent
TMThe Affairs of MarthaTHThe Tell-Tale Heart63 credits on file
Television 6
CEChamps-ElyséesLDLes Rendez-vous du dimancheLÉLe Grand ÉchiquierTCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonDIDiscoramaCICinépanoramaAwards
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Julius "Jules" Dassin was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career. He was best-known for his noir and crime films, though he also worked in other genres. He won the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for his pioneering heist film Rififi, and received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Never on Sunday (1960).
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