Georges Sadoul
Georges Sadoul (born February 4, 1904 in Nancy , † October 13, 1967 in Paris ) was a French journalist and screenwriter.
Life
Sadoul completed his training at the Sorbonne and IDHEC . He worked as a journalist for the Lettres Françaises , and as a temporary member of the Surrealists wrote for their journalistic organs. Sadoul is best known as the author of encyclopedias on film and filmmakers, including l'Histoire générale du cinéma , a six-volume work on the history of cinema and biographies of the film pioneers Georges Méliès and Dsiga Wertow .
Screenwriter
- 1957: La Seine a rencontré Paris
Books
- This is Chaplin! His life. His films. His time. Vienna: Globus Verlag 1954
- History of cinematography. Vienna: Schönbrunn-Verlag 1957
- Gérard Philipe. Berlin: Henschel Verlag 1960
Web links
- Georges Sadoul in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Georges Sadoul in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sadoul, Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1967 |
| Place of death | Paris |