Jacques Becker
☼ Born on 15 marzo 1906, in Paris, France
† Died on 21 marzo 1960, in Paris, France, cause hemochromatosis
Biography:
His interest in films was stimulated by a meeting with King Vidor, who offered him employment in the US as actor and assistant director. However, he remained in France and became assistant to Jean Renoir, a friend of the family, during that director's peak period (1932-39). In 1934 he ventured briefly into independent production, co-directing with Pierre Prévert a short film, Le commissaire est bon enfant, le gendarme est sans pitié (1935). In 1935 he turned out a five-reeler, Tête de turc (1935), which he later refused to acknowledge as his.
In 1939 he began shooting a feature film, L'or du Cristobal (1940), but walked out after three weeks, leaving the film to be finished by Jean Stelli. In 1942, after a year in a German prisoner-of-war camp, he began his career as director. His entire output consisted of only 13 films, but they include some of the most artistically and technically substantial in French cinema. He is one of the few Old Guard directors done honor by the New Wave, which reveres him for his masterpieces, the atmospheric period love story París, bajos fondos (1952) and the superb prison escape drama La evasión (1960), and also for his lesser films, such charming love tales as Se escapó la suerte (1947) and Édouard et Caroline (1951), in which he vividly depicts French social milieus through careful attention to background. His No toqueis la pasta (1954), a gangster film distinguished for its detailed action and penetration of character, exerted considerable
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influence on subsequent série noire French films. He was less successful with such commercial ventures as Alí Babá y los cuarenta ladrones (1954), which was dominated by Fernandel, and Los amantes de Montparnasse (1958), a biographical sketch of the last years in the life of Modigliani. Becker's widow is French stage and screen actress Françoise Fabian (b. Michèle Cortès de Leone y Fabianera, 1932, Algiers). He was the father of director Jean Becker.
In the role of director
La evasión (1960) (21/12/2024)
Le Trou: La perfección del cine carcelario Introducción: Una obra maestra de la tensión y la humanidad Hay películas que te atrapan con efectos espectaculares y otras que te envuelven con su realismo implacable. Le Trou (1960), dirigida por Jacques Becker, pertenece a esta última categoría: una historia de escape carcelario que evita el sensacionalismo […]