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American film director (1911–2008)

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Jules Dassin was a French male artist active from 1934 to 1980. His musical output is categorized under genres including american, chanson, chanson française, french, and french pop. He is associated with the country of France.

Among his recorded works is *Night and the city*. Open Library lists one work for him, while Crossref records five. The artist has 58 listeners and a total playcount of 141 on Last.fm.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1911
Died
2008
Works
1

Top works

  • Night and the city

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1938-11-05
Active to
1980-08-20
americanchansonchanson françaisefrenchfrench poppop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
58
Total plays
141

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jules+Dassin">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Julius Dassin , ( 1911-12-18 ) December 18, 1911, Middletown, Connecticut , U.S.
Died
March 31, 2008 (2008-03-31) (aged 96), Athens , Greece
Resting place
First Cemetery of Athens
Other name
Perlo Vita
Occupations
Director producer writer actor
Spouses
Beatrice Launer ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1933 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1962 ) ​ Melina Mercouri ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1966 ; died 1994 ) ​
Children
3, including Joe Dassin
Awards
See below

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Julius "Jules" Dassin (/ˈdæsɪn, dæˈsɪn/ DASS-in, dass-IN; December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career. He was best-known for his noir and crime films, though he also worked in other genres. He won the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for his pioneering heist film Rififi, and received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Never on Sunday (1960).

He adapted Never on Sunday into the stage musical Illya Darling, earning Tony nominations for Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical. Dassin's other notable films included Brute Force (1947), The Naked City (1948), Thieves' Highway (1949), Night and the City (1950), Topkapi (1964), and Uptight (1968).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jules Dassin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.