Jacques Feyder

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Jacques Feyder (French: [fɛ.dɛʁ]; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter and actor who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema. He adopted French nationality in 1928.

Born Jacques Léon Louis Frédérix
21 July 1885
Ixelles, Belgium
Died 24 May 1948 (aged 62)
Prangins, Switzerland
Spouse Françoise Rosay ​(m. 1917)​
Contents
1 Career
2 Reputation
3 Filmography
4 Bibliography
5 References
6 Further ing
7 External links
Career


Born Jacques Léon Louis Frédérix in Ixelles, Belgium, he was educated at the École régimentaire in Nivelles, and was destined for a military career. At age twenty-five however he moved to Paris where he pursued an interest in acting, first on stage and then in film, adopting the name Jacques Feyder. He joined the Gaumont Film Company and in 1914 he became an assistant director with Gaston Ravel. He started directing films for Gaumont in 1916, but his career was interrupted by service with the Belgian Army from 1917 to 1919 during World War I.