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Jean Vigo
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French film director (1905–1934)
Film & TV
Paris, France
Jean Vigo was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s; he was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Vigo was born to Emily Clero and the prominent Catalan militant anarchist Eugeni Bonaventura de Vigo i Sallés (who adopted the name Miguel Almereyda—an anagram of "y'a la merde", which translates as "there's shit").…
Known for
- Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé — Himself in pictures2001
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1905-04-26 ) 26 April 1905, Paris , France
- Died
- 5 October 1934 (1934-10-05) (aged 29), Paris, France
- Occupation
- Film director
- Years active
- 1930–1934
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 18th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- 14th arrondissement of Paris
- Father
- Miguel Almereyda
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- L'Atalante
- Field of work
- documentary film
- Image
- Jean Vigo.jpg
- Work location
- France
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- place of burial
- Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1905-04-26
- date of death
- 1934-10-05
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Jean Vigo
- name in native language
- Jean Vigo
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Jean Vigo
- birth name
- Jean Bonaventure de Vigo Almereyda
- end of work period
- 1934-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Jean Vigo
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Encyclopedic overview
Jean Vigo ( French: [ʒɑ̃ viɡo]; 26 April 1905 – 5 October 1934) was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s. His work influenced French New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Biography
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