FILM DIRECTOR

Jacques Feyder

1885 - 1948

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Jacques Feyder (French: [fɛ.dɛʁ]; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter and actor who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema. He adopted French nationality in 1928. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Feyder is the 338th most popular film director (up from 359th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 246th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Feyder ranks 338 out of 2,041. Before him are Norman Jewison, Steven Soderbergh, Luigi Comencini, Tex Avery, Menahem Golan, and Darren Aronofsky. After him are Hideaki Anno, Satoshi Kon, Ub Iwerks, Jean Girault, Barbet Schroeder, and Francis Veber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Jacques Feyder ranks 73. Before him are Władysław Raczkiewicz, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Sophie, Princess of Albania, Sydney Chaplin, and Camille Chautemps. After him are Egon Kisch, Lilly Reich, Soemu Toyoda, Khải Định, Viggo Brun, and Nikolai Krylenko. Among people deceased in 1948, Jacques Feyder ranks 67. Before him are Princess Henriette of Belgium, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Mitsumasa Yonai, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Therese Brandl, and Prince Adalbert of Prussia. After him are Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, Egon Kisch, Irmfried Eberl, Fakhri Pasha, Radola Gajda, and Sonny Boy Williamson I.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jacques Feyder ranks 248 out of 1,190. Before him are Thibaut Courtois (1992), Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728), Prince Alexandre of Belgium (1942), Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207), Hubert Van Innis (1866), and J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856). After him are John Langenus (1891), Emile Vandervelde (1866), Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859), Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000), Philippe Thys (1889), and Hendrick van Balen the Elder (1570).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Belgium

Among film directors born in Belgium, Jacques Feyder ranks 3. Before him are Agnès Varda (1928), and Chantal Akerman (1950). After him are André Delvaux (1926), Jaco Van Dormael (1957), Raoul Servais (1928), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Benoît Lamy (1945), Felix van Groeningen (1977), Lukas Dhont (1991), and Joachim Lafosse (1975).

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