Marie Epstein
Filmmaker (1899-1995) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 95
Marie-Antonine Epstein was a French actress, scenarist, film director, and film preservationist. Her career is distinguished by three important collaborations. Throughout the 1920s, she acted in and wrote scenarios for films directed by her brother, Jean Epstein.
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Youth in RevoltFilm, Director1937
BallerinaFilm, Director, Writer1936
HélèneFilm, Writer1934IttoFilm, Director1933
Children of MontmartreFilm, Director, Writer1931Heart of ParisFilm, Director, Writer1930
MaternityFilm, Writer, Producer1929
PeachskinFilm, Director1928
Âmes d'enfantsFilm, Director1927Il était une fois trois amisFilm, Director1925
Double LoveFilm, Writer1923
Cœur fidèleFilm, Writer1899Born14 August 1899People around Marie
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Jean Epstein Directed Cœur fidèle and The Red Inn- Jean Benoit-Lévy Also in Il était une fois trois amis (1927)
Edmond Van Daële Also in Cœur fidèle and Six and a Half by Eleven
Henri Debain Marie directed La Maternelle and Itto
Madeleine Renaud Marie directed La Maternelle (1933)
Mady Berry Marie directed La Maternelle (1933)
Nathalie Lissenko Also in Double Love and The Poster
Alice Tissot Marie directed La Maternelle (1933)
Jean-Louis Barrault Also in Hélène and Youth in Revolt
Carl Laemmle Produced Children of Montmartre (1933)
Odette Joyeux Also in Hélène and Youth in Revolt
Yvette Chauviré Marie directed Ballerina (1937)
Pauline Carton Marie directed Itto (1934)
Jean Angelo Marie wrote Le Double Amour (1925)
Simone Mareuil Also in Peachskin and Heart of Paris
Gina Manès Also in Cœur fidèle and The Red Inn
Maurice Baquet Also in Hélène and Ballerina
Simone Berriau Marie directed Itto (1934)
Léon Mathot Marie wrote Cœur fidèle (1923)
Roland Caillaux Marie directed Itto (1934)
Camille Bert Marie directed Itto (1934)
Jeanne Helbling Marie wrote Six and One Half Times Eleven (1929)
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About this person
From the 1920s through the early 1950s, she collaborated with the director Jean Benoît-Lévy on sixteen films, serving variously as a writer, assistant director, and co-director. From the early 1950s to her retirement in 1977, Epstein served as a film preservationist at the Cinémathèque française.
