Jacques Feyder

Jacques Feyder
Feyder in 1925
Born
Jacques Léon Louis Frédérix

(1885-07-21)21 July 1885
Ixelles, Belgium
Died24 May 1948(1948-05-24) (aged 62)
Prangins, Switzerland
SpouseFrançoise Rosay (1917–1948, his death)

Jacques Feyder (French: [fɛ.dɛʁ]; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter and actor who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema. He adopted French nationality in 1928.


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