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Alain Jessua
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Ce sourire là
- Crèvecoeur
- La vie à l'envers
- Traitement de choc
- Un jardin au paradis
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Film & TV
Paris, France
Alain Jessua began his career as assistant to directors like Max Ophüls, Marcel Carne, Yves Allégret and Jacques Becker, before making his unique short film, Léon la lune, which earned him the prestigious Prix Jean-Vigo award in 1957. A few years later, in 1963, his first feature film (which became "cult" among moviegoers) won two prizes in Cannes and also Venice: La Vie à l'envers, with Charles…
Known for
- Alain Jessua, le franc-tireur du cinéma français — Self2021
- The Story of French Fantasy Cinema — Self (archive footage)2019
- Max Ophüls, le peintre de l'amour fatal — Self2013
- Working with Max Ophuls: Alain Jessua on the Making of Madame de... — Self2006
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- Listeners
- 56
- Total plays
- 170
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alain
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Évreux
- Spouse
- Anna Gaylor
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- French
- Work location
- France
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- date of birth
- 1932-01-16
- name in native language
- Alain Jessua
- date of death
- 2017-11-30
- birth name
- Alain Rene Sando Jessua
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Alain Jessua
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