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Marcel Carné was a French film director, screenwriter, art critic, and film critic. Born in Paris on August 18, 1906, he died in Clamart on October 31, 1996. He is the author of notable works including *Port of Shadows*, *Le Jour Se Lève*, and *Children of Paradise*.
Carné received several awards, including the Praemium Imperiale, the Louis Delluc Prize, the Honorary César, and the European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts and his archives are held at the Cinémathèque Française. He is buried in Saint-Vincent Cemetery.
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Film & TV
Paris, France
Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Marcel Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in silent film as a camera assistant with director Jacques Feyder. By age 25, Carné had already directed his…
Known for
- Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff — Self (archive footage)2020
- 1940: Taking over French Cinema — Self (archive footage)2019
- Carné, Prévert : drôle de duo — Self (archive footage)2019
- Marcel Carné: My Life in Film — Self1995
- Le monde est à vous — Self1987
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self1978
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- Apostrophes — Self1975
- Midi Première — Self1975
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Key facts
- Born
- Marcel Albert Carné , ( 1906-08-18 ) 18 August 1906, Paris , France
- Died
- 31 October 1996 (1996-10-31) (aged 90), Clamart , France
- Years active
- 1936–1976
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Official website
le site hommage au réalisateur français Marcel Carné (1906-1996)
le site hommage au réalisateur français Marcel Carné (1906-1996)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marcel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Clamart
- Spouse
- Roland Lesaffre
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Silver Lion
- Notable work
- Children of Paradise
- Official website
- www.marcel-carne.com
- Image
- Marcel Carné 1950.jpg
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- Commons category
- Marcel Carné
- date of birth
- 1906-08-18
- date of death
- 1996-10-31
- place of burial
- Saint-Vincent Cemetery
- name in native language
- Marcel Carné
- archives at
- Cinémathèque Française
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Marcel Carné
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
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Encyclopedic overview
Marcel Albert Carné ( French: [maʁsɛl albɛʁ kaʁne]; 18 August 1906 – 31 October 1996) was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include Port of Shadows (1938), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) and Children of Paradise (1945); the latter has been cited as one of the great films of all time.
Biography
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