Marcel L'Herbier
French film director (1888-1979) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 91
Marcel L'Herbier was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total.
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What the East Wind SawFilm, Director1950
The Last Days of PompeiiFilm, Director, Writer1946
Happy Go LuckyFilm, Director1943
The Honorable CatherineFilm, Director1941
Foolish HusbandsFilm, Director, Writer1939
Cordial AgreementFilm, Director1937
ForfaitureFilm, Director1935
The Imperial RoadFilm, Director1931
Scent of the Woman in BlackFilm, Director, Writer1929
Autour de l'argentFilm, Himself1926
Le VertigeFilm, Director, Writer1924
The FloodFilm, Producer1921
El DoradoFilm, Director, Writer1919
Le BercailFilm, Director1888Born23 April 1888People around Marcel
Jean Marais Marcel directed Le Bonheur and Nights of Fire
Micheline Presle Marcel directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1950)
Pierre Renoir Marcel directed Veille d'armes (1935)
Philippe Hériat Marcel directed El Dorado and L'Homme du large
Roger Blin Marcel directed Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
Gaby Morlay Marcel directed Le Bonheur and Nights of Fire
Victor Francen Marcel directed Veille d'armes (1935)
Ève Francis Marcel directed El Dorado and La Brigade sauvage
Pierre Richard-Willm Marcel directed Rasputin and Entente cordiale
Philippe Richard Marcel directed Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
Jaque Catelain Marcel directed El Dorado and L'Homme du large
Roland Toutain Marcel directed Veille d'armes (1935)
Gabriel Signoret Marcel directed Veille d'armes (1935)- Ksenia Kuprina Marcel directed The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930)
Albert Malbert Marcel directed Rasputin and The Cheat
Michel Simon Marcel directed Feu Mathias Pascal (1926)
André Luguet Marcel directed The Honourable Catherine (1943)
Jean Toulout Marcel directed Le Bonheur and Entente cordiale
Henri Rollan Marcel directed Les Hommes nouveaux (1934)
Jacques Baumer Marcel directed Rasputin and Entente cordiale
Bernard Lancret Marcel directed The Citadel of Silence (1937)
Antonin Artaud Marcel directed L'Argent and La Femme d'une nuit
Marcel André Marcel directed L'Argent and Adrienne Lecouvreur
Charles Boyer Marcel directed L'Homme du large and Le Bonheur
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During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television. He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC).
