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Marcel Ichac
Sign in to saveFrench mountain climber and film director (1906-1994)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- L' assaut des Aiguilles du Diable
- Quand brillent les étoiles de Midi
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Film & TV
Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Marcel Ichac, born October 22, 1906 in Rueil-Malmaison (Seine-et-Oise) and died April 9, 1994 in Ézanville (Val-d'Oise), was a French filmmaker, photographer, explorer, and mountaineer. He was the brother of Pierre Ichac (1901-1978). "A great master of documentary filmmaking," according to historian Jean Tulard, Marcel Ichac is particularly considered "the greatest filmmaker specializing in…
Known for
- When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema — Self2000
- La Lumière du Rocher — Self1986
- Sensation Alpen — Self1966
- Victories on the Himalayas — Self1960
- Victory over Annapurna — Self1953
- Storm over the Alps — Self1945
- Karakoram — Self1937
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1871-07-10
- Active to
- 1922-11-18
has german audiobooks
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marcel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Rueil-Malmaison
- Place of death
- Ézanville
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- French
- Sport
- mountaineering
- Work location
- France
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- date of birth
- 1906-10-22
- date of death
- 1994-04-09
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
- birth name
- Marcel Léon Ichac
- place of burial
- Passy Cemetery
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