Marcel Ichac
French mountain climber and film director (1906-1994) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 87
Marcel Ichac was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil-Malmaison, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema using the ondes Martenot instrument for Karakoram (1936) and released the first French short in CinemaScope, Nouveaux Horizons (1953).
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La Lumière du RocherFilm1968
The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake TiticacaFilm, Director1964Academy Award for Best Live Action Short FilmAward1961
An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeFilm, Producer1960
Victories on the HimalayasFilm1959
The Twilight ZoneSeries, Producer
Stars at NoonFilm, 1959Director, Writer1956
The Silent WorldFilm, Producer1954New HorizonsFilm, Director, Writer1953
Victory over AnnapurnaFilm, Director1952
GreenlandFilm, Director1948
Diving LogsFilm, Director1943
A l'Assaut Des Aiguilles Du DiableFilm, Director1940The Pilgrims of MeccaFilm, Director, Producer1937
KarakoramFilm, Director1906Born22 October 1906People around Marcel
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He also accompanied the French Alpine Club's 1950 expedition that climbed Annapurna led by Maurice Herzog, which included climbing luminaries Lionel Terray, Louis Lachenal and Gaston Rébuffat.
