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Marcel Carné

French film director (1906 - 1996) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 90

Marcel Albert Carné was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include Port of Shadows (1938), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) and Children of Paradise (1945); the latter has been cited as one of the great films of all time.

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A life in dates

1996Died31 October 1996Grand Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1995European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement AwardAwardMarcel Carné: My Life in FilmFilm, 19951991David di Donatello Luchino ViscontiAward1989Praemium ImperialeAward1987Le monde est à vousSeries1983Officer of Arts and LettersAward1982Champs-ElyséesSeries1981Grand Officer of the National Order of MeritAward1979Honorary CésarAward1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSeries1975ApostrophesSeriesLes Rendez-vous du dimancheSeries, 1975Midi PremièreSeries, 19751974Spécial cinémaSeriesThe Marvelous VisitFilm, 1974Director, Writer1972Midi trenteSeries1971Golden Lion for Lifetime AchievementAward1968Young WolvesFilm, Director, Writer1967The Birth of Children of ParadiseFilm1963Chicken Feed for Little BirdsFilm, Director, Writer1958The CheatersFilm, Director1956CinépanoramaSeries1954Air of ParisFilm, Director, Writer1953Silver LionAward1951Juliette, or Key of DreamsFilm, Director1946Gates of the NightFilm, Director1945Children of ParadiseFilm, Director1939Louis Delluc PrizeAwardDaybreakFilm, 1939Director1937Bizarre, BizarreFilm, Director1929Nogent, Eldorado du dimancheFilm, Director1906Born18 August 1906

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Known for

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  • Children of Paradise 1945
  • Daybreak 1939
  • Port of Shadows 1938
  • Hôtel du Nord 1938
  • Bizarre, Bizarre 1937

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Filmography 27

57 credits on file

Television 9

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour1996
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award1995
David di Donatello Luchino Visconti1991
Praemium Imperiale1989
Officer of Arts and Letters1983
Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit1981
Honorary César1979
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement1971
Silver Lion1953
Louis Delluc Prize1939

About this person

Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1996 · aged 90

In the same film or series as Marcel

Jacques BrelAlso in Law Breakers (1971)Gilbert BécaudAlso in The Country I Come From (1956)Georges SimenonAlso in Marie of the Port (1950)Gérard PhilipeAlso in Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951)Jacques PerrinAlso in Gates of the Night (1946)