Louis Delluc (French: [dɛlyk]; 14 October 1890 – 22 March 1924) was an Impressionist French film director, screenwriter and film critic.[1]
Louis Delluc | |
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| Born | 14 October 1890 Cadouin, France |
| Died | 22 March 1924 (aged 33) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, film critic |
| Notable work | La Femme de nulle part |
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Biography
editDelluc was born in Cadouin in 1890. His family moved to Paris in 1903. After graduating from the university, he became a literary critic. During the First World War, he was married to the Belgian actress Ève Francis, who acted in many of his films.
In 1917, Delluc began his career in film criticism.[2] He went on to edit Le Journal du Ciné-club and Cinéa, establish film societies, and direct seven films. He was one of the early Impressionist filmmakers, along with Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac, Marcel L'Herbier, and Jean Epstein. His films are notable for their focus on ordinary events and the natural setting rather than on adventures and antics. Many of his early film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume Cinema et cie (1919). He also wrote one of the first books on Charlie Chaplin (1921; translated into English in 1922).[3]
Delluc directed his seventh film, L'Inondation (The Flood), in 1924. Filming took place in very poor weather conditions and Delluc contracted pneumonia. He died in Paris several weeks later, before the film was released.
The Prix Louis-Delluc, created in 1937, is named in his honour.
Filmography
edit- 1920: Fumée noire
- 1920: Le Silence
- 1920: Le Chemin d'Ernoa
- 1921: Fièvre
- 1921: Le Tonnerre
- 1922: La Femme de nulle part
- 1924: L'Inondation
References
edit- ^ Abel, Richard (May 7, 1976). "Louis delluc: The critic as cineaste". Quarterly Review of Film Studies. 1 (2): 205–244. doi:10.1080/10509207609360948 – via CrossRef.
- ^ Eugene C. McCreary (1976). "Louis Delluc, Film Theorist, Critic, and Prophet". Cinema Journal. 16 (1): 14–35. doi:10.2307/1225447 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Kornhaber, Donna (2015). "Charlot as Cinema: Louis Delluc and Charlie Chaplin at the Dawn of Film Criticism". Film History. 27: 140–159.
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