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Christian-Jaque

1904 - 1994

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Christian-Jaque (byname of Christian Maudet; 4 September 1904 – 8 July 1994) was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including Lucrèce Borgia (1953), Madame du Barry (1954), and Nana (1955). In 1961 he married Laurence Christol [1] Christian-Jaque's 1946 film A Lover's Return was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. He won the Best Director award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival for his popular swashbuckler Fanfan la Tulipe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian-Jaque is the 421st most popular film director (down from 406th in 2019), the 2,413th most popular biography from France (down from 2,304th in 2019) and the 59th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Christian-Jaque ranks 421 out of 2,041. Before him are Jacques Copeau, John Landis, Denys Arcand, Karel Reisz, Saul Bass, and John Guillermin. After him are Hirokazu Kore-eda, Bo Widerberg, Sofia Coppola, J. Lee Thompson, Michael Apted, and Mikio Naruse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Christian-Jaque ranks 102. Before him are Mihai Antonescu, Heinz Jost, Christopher Isherwood, Deng Yingchao, Achille Varzi, and Edmond Hamilton. After him are Yevgenia Ginzburg, Sergey Biryuzov, Kuvempu, Lidia Zamenhof, Attilio Ferraris, and Jacques Tourneur. Among people deceased in 1994, Christian-Jaque ranks 106. Before him are Jack Unterweger, Jérôme Lejeune, Sarah Kofman, Max Morlock, Manos Hatzidakis, and Moana Pozzi. After him are Roberto Burle Marx, Massimo Troisi, Walter Lantz, Marcel Bich, Kuvempu, and Kevin Carter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Christian-Jaque ranks 2,413 out of 6,770. Before him are Peter Bartholomew (1100), Brigitte Lahaie (1955), Marie Victoire de Noailles (1688), Alfred Loisy (1857), Adolphe Marbot (1781), and Robert de Cotte (1656). After him are Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643), André Navarra (1911), Paul Hazard (1878), Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (1581), Sophie Calle (1953), and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Christian-Jaque ranks 59. Before him are Albert Lamorisse (1922), Jacques Deray (1929), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Louis Delluc (1890), Olivier Assayas (1955), and Jacques Copeau (1879). After him are Yves Boisset (1939), Guy Hamilton (1922), Jacques Tourneur (1904), Jean Eustache (1938), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), and Aleksandar Petrović (1929).

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