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Noël Burch

American film theorist · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1932 · age 94

Noël Burch is an American film theorist and movie maker who moved to France at a young age. Burch is known for his contribution to terms commonly used by film scholars and for his theories compiled in books such as Theory of Film Practice or La lucarne de L'Infini.

Noël Burch is read about 17 times a day, in 11 languages.

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A life in dates

2014Regarding Susan SontagFilm2010De la cage aux roseauxFilm1998Aller simple (Tres historias del Río de la Plata)Film, Director, Writer1996Red HollywoodFilm, Director, Writer1986What Do Those Old Films Mean?Film, Director, Writer1983The ImpersonationFilm, Director1981Das Jahr der LeibwacheFilm, Director, Writer1978Notes for JeromeFilm1970Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley ClarkeFilm, Director1969Alain Robbe-GrilletFilm, Director1968La première vagueFilm, Director1967Marie et le CuréFilm, Producer1965NoviciatFilm, Director1956RecreationFilm, Writer1932Born22 January 1932

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Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1932 · age 94

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Jeff RawleAlso in Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures (1979)André S. LabartheAlso in Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke (1970)Thom AndersenAlso in Red Hollywood (1996)Diourka MedveczkyAlso in Marie et le Curé (1967)Allan SekulaAlso in The Forgotten Space (2010)Annette MichelsonAlso in Noviciat (1965)