Jacques Becker
Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as Partie de campagne (1936) and La Grande Illusion (1937). In the early part of World War II, Becker was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp for a year. During the Nazi occupation of France, he became a film director in his own right and he also joined the Comité de libération du cinéma français. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'or held in high esteem among film critics. Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacques Becker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
September 15, 1906Deathday
February 21, 1960Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
28Place of birth
Paris, FranceAlso known as
ジャック・ベッケルCast credits
Crew credits
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Director, AdaptationLe Trou
Director, Screenplay, DialogueAntoine & Antoinette
Director, WriterLife Is Ours
Director, WriterAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
Director, WriterCasque d'Or
Screenplay, Adaptation, Director, DialogueThe Lovers of Montparnasse
Director, ScreenplayThe Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Director, WriterIt Happened at the Inn
Director, AdaptationThe Trump Card
DirectorRendezvous in July
Director, WriterParis Frills
Director, WriterEdward and Caroline
Director, WriterRue de l'Estrapade
DirectorNight at the Crossroads
Assistant Director, Production ManagerGrand Illusion
First Assistant DirectorCristobal's Gold
DirectorA Day in the Country
First Assistant DirectorBoudu Saved from Drowning
Assistant Director