Jean Durand (director)

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Jean Durand (born December 15, 1882 in Paris , † March 10, 1946 ibid) was a French director .

Life

Durand was one of the pioneers of the feature film in France; his career began in 1908 and comprised around 220 films by 1914, including very early westerns (mostly with Joe Hamman ); after that , Durand, who worked alternately for the Pathé , Lux and Gaumont , turned to the comic series around the self-created Calino and Onésime , Patouillard and Zigoto, burlesque characters he staged with a group of acrobats. This comedian group Les Pouics , who accompanied Durand through the entire silent film era, were among others. a. Bertho and Gaston Modot . Before that he worked as a draftsman for the magazine Pêle-Mêle .

A detailed cross-section of his work with a total duration of over 5 hours was published by Gaumont as part of the DVD collection Gaumont - Le cinéma premier 2009 on 2 DVDs.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1909: Cyrano de Bergerac
  • 1910–1914: Western series (at least 10 films)
  • 1910: La main coupé
  • 1911–1912: Calino series (at least 27 films)
  • 1911–1912: Zigoto series (at least 14 films)
  • 1912–1913: Onésime series (at least 65 films)
  • 1919: Serpentine series (7 films)
  • 1920–1922: Marie series (5 films)
  • 1928: L'île d'amour
  • 1929: Détresse (last film)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Manifs.nsf/2f6d2a49fa88f902c1256da5005ef33f/6018cf4b0552d224c1256f02004decc1!OpenDocument
  2. ↑ Biography at cinéPhilazr (French)
  3. ↑ including 1910: Pendaison à Jefferson City; Amitié de cow-boy, Les chasseurs de fourrures; 1911: Aux mains des bandits; Le cheval vertueux, Cent Dollars mort ou vif; En Camargue; 1912: Coeur ardent, The Death Train ( Le railway de la mort ); 1913: La dernière minute; 1914: La chasse à l'homme
  4. ↑ including Calino veut être cow-boy
personal data
SURNAME Durand, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French director
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1946
Place of death Paris