FILM DIRECTOR

Jacques Becker

1906 - 1960

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Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. His films, made during the 1940s and 1950s, encompassed a wide variety of genres, and they were admired by some of the filmmakers who led the French New Wave movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Becker is the 256th most popular film director (down from 237th in 2019), the 1,604th most popular biography from France (down from 1,486th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Becker ranks 256 out of 2,041. Before him are Nagisa Oshima, Michael Moore, Lucio Fulci, Henry Hathaway, Anatole Litvak, and Shohei Imamura. After him are Peter Bogdanovich, John Sturges, Mike Nichols, Sven Nykvist, Jane Campion, and Roger Corman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jacques Becker ranks 84. Before him are Gusztáv Sebes, Zhou Youguang, Fredric Brown, Brigitte Helm, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, and Janet Gaynor. After him are Walter Rauff, Carlo Scarpa, Lillian Asplund, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Primo Carnera, and Nazim al-Qudsi. Among people deceased in 1960, Jacques Becker ranks 46. Before him are Hugo Alfvén, Victor Klemperer, Otoya Yamaguchi, Ethel Voynich, Beno Gutenberg, and Mack Sennett. After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Norodom Suramarit, Hashim al-Atassi, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Paul Abraham, and Aly Khan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Becker ranks 1,604 out of 6,770. Before him are Odo de St Amand (1110), Vanessa Paradis (1972), Alain Giresse (1952), Pierre Mendès France (1907), Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), and Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1754). After him are Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Bernard Lyot (1897), Louis Durey (1888), Arletty (1898), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), and Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Becker ranks 34. Before him are Jacques Demy (1931), Bertrand Blier (1939), Julien Duvivier (1896), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), and Chris Marker (1921). After him are Claude Sautet (1924), Philippe de Broca (1933), Frank Darabont (1959), François Ozon (1967), Jeannot Szwarc (1937), and Germaine Dulac (1882).

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