François Truffaut

François Truffaut

male, deceased (1984)
François began to assiduously go to the movies at 7. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1...
Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

male, 79 years old
Claude Chabrol (born June 24, 1930, Paris) is a French film director and has become well-known since his first film, "Le Beau Serge" (1958) for his...
Jacques Feyder

Jacques Feyder

male, deceased (1948)
Jacques Feyder (July 21, 1885 - May 24, 1948) was a Belgian screenwriter and international film director who was one of the founders of poetic...

Léon Gaumont

male, deceased (1946)
Léon Gaumont, born May 10, 1864 - died August 09, 1946, was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture i...

Daniel Gélin

male, deceased (2002)
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin was a French actor, occasional director and screenwriter and one of the great stars of French cinema. Gélin was born in An...
Henri Langlois

Henri Langlois

male, deceased (1977)
Henri Langlois was a pioneer of film preservation and restoration. Langlois was born in İzmir, Turkey. He started his archives with private funds a...

Charles Pathé

male, deceased (1957)
Charles Pathé was a major French pioneer of the film and recording industries. The son of a butcher shop owner, Charles Pathé was born at Ch...

Bernard Natan

male
Bernard Natan (born Natan Tannenzaft) was a Romanian Jew who moved to France after World War I and became a French citizen (in 1921), changing his...

Tonie Marshall

female, 58 years old
Tonie Marshall is an actress, screenwriter, and film director in French cinema. She is the daughter of American actor William Marshall and French...