FILM DIRECTOR

Alain Jessua

1932 - 2017

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Alain Jessua (16 January 1932 – 30 November 2017) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1956 and 1997. He worked as assistant director for Jacques Becker on the set of Casque d'or, with Max Ophüls for Madame de... and Lola Montès and with Marcel Carné on Wasteland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alain Jessua is the 1,220th most popular film director (up from 1,295th in 2019), the 4,790th most popular biography from France (up from 4,856th in 2019) and the 137th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alain Jessua ranks 1,220 out of 2,041. Before him are Jonas Åkerlund, Bruno Barreto, Archie Mayo, Rex Ingram, Dariusz Wolski, and Marc Caro. After him are Tay Garnett, Alain Guiraudie, Daniel Mann, Travis Knight, Richard Kelly, and Peter Del Monte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alain Jessua ranks 418. Before him are Jiří Havlis, Gaston Mercier, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Guillaume Bieganski, Ivan Šantek, and François Deguelt. After him are Pik Botha, Ann Bannon, Edward Stevens, Shankha Ghosh, Elliott H. Lieb, and Ferenc Machos. Among people deceased in 2017, Alain Jessua ranks 442. Before him are Peter Härtling, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Alec McCowen, Nicolae Lupescu, Rose Marie, and Fernand Decanali. After him are Sam Panopoulos, Niels Helveg Petersen, Marina Ratner, Aleksei Petrenko, Anthony Harvey, and Václav Machek.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Jessua ranks 4,790 out of 6,770. Before him are Julie Gayet (1972), Stéphanie Szostak (1975), François Deguelt (1932), Marc Caro (1956), Maurice Moucheraud (1933), and Fernand Decanali (1925). After him are Christian Tissier (1951), Bernard Baudoux (1928), Didier Lockwood (1956), Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1641), Alain Guiraudie (1964), and Bernard Le Coq (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Alain Jessua ranks 137. Before him are Rachid Bouchareb (1953), Jacques Baratier (1918), Francis Girod (1944), Denys de La Patellière (1921), Raymond Depardon (1942), and Marc Caro (1956). After him are Alain Guiraudie (1964), Gilles Grangier (1911), George Fitzmaurice (1885), Jacques Rouffio (1928), Laurent Cantet (1961), and Christian de Chalonge (1937).

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