Louis Daquin

Louis Daquin (born May 30, 1908 in Calais , † October 2, 1980 in Paris ) was a French film director and screenwriter.

Life

After studying law, Louis Daquin came to film in 1932 and worked as an assistant to directors such as Fedor Ozep , Pierre Chenal and Jean Grémillon . In 1938 he was responsible for the dialogue direction of The Player . From 1941 he directed himself and manifested his political commitment as an avowed socialist with socially critical films. He also wrote the script for almost all of his films. Because of his recruitment, Lacombe found only a few directorships and was forced to a. to work in Romania and the GDR. Daquin also wrote books on film theory and was a lecturer at the IDHEC film school for several years .

Filmography (selection)

1944: Call of the Mountains (Premier de cordée)
1947: The Bouquinquant brothers (Les frères Bouquinquant)
1949: Before daybreak (Le point du jour)
1950: Ship without a port (Maître après dieu)
1955: Bel Ami
1957: The thistles of Baragan (Ciulinii Baraganlui)
1960: cloudy water (La rabouilleuse)
1970: The inspector and his decoy ( Dernier domicile connu ) - as production manager

Web links

Louis Daquin in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 286.

personal data
SURNAME	Daquin, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 30, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH	Calais
DATE OF DEATH	2nd October 1980
Place of death	Paris

[1] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 286.