Abel Gance
Sign in to saveFrench film director and producer, writer and actor (1889-1981)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1889-10-25
- Died
- 1981-11-11
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Napoleʾon
- Abel Gance, ou, Le Prométhée foudroyé
- La roue
- Abel Gance, un soleil dans chaque image
- Christophe Colomb
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Paris, France
Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927). He was born in Paris in 1889. In 1909, he acted in his first film. He also wrote scenarios, and often sold them to Gaumont. During this period he was diagnosed with tuberculosis,…
Known for
- Abel Gance et son Napoléon — Self (archival footage)1984
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
- Spécial cinéma — Self (archive footage)1974
- Bonaparte et la révolution — St. Just (archive footage)1972
- Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite — Self - Interviewee1968
- Omnibus — Self1967
- Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow — Self1963
- Cinépanorama — Self1956
- Napoléon Bonaparte — Saint-Just1935
- The End of the World — Jean Novalic1931
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 23
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
· 2016 · cited 13,695x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Comparison of multiple Amber force fields and development of improved protein backbone parameters
· 2006 · cited 6,495x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,071x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,068x
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Key facts
- Born
- Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon , ( 1889-10-25 ) 25 October 1889, Paris , France
- Died
- 10 November 1981 (1981-11-10) (aged 92), Paris , France
- Occupations
- Director, producer, writer, actor
- Spouses
- Mathilde Angèle Thizeau, Marguerite Danis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1922 , divorced ) , Sylvie Grenade (Marie Odette Vérité) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1933 ; died 1978 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 25 October 1889
- Died
- 11 November 1981
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Occupation
- director
- Educated at
- Lycée Chaptal
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Award
- BAFTA Fellowship
- Movement
- French Impressionist Cinema
Article
Abel Gance ( French: [gɑ̃s]; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 1889 – 10 November 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer, and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927).
Early life