Jacques Dupont (director)
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Life
Formerly of the IDHECInstitut des hautes études cinématographiques
L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques is a French film school, founded during World War II under the leadership of Marcel L'Herbier who was its president from 1944 to 1969. IDHEC offered training for directors and producers, cameramen, sound technicians, editors, art directors and...
, and a specialist in exotic cinema, he appeared less comfortable in Les Distractions, in which he directed Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.-Career:Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football."Did you box professionally very long?" "Not very long...
and Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra Stewart is a Canadian actress.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Alexandra Stewart left for Paris, France, in 1958, to study art...
, than he did in evoking French volunteers in Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
in Crève-cœur.
Short films
- 1946 : Au pays des Pygmées
- 1947 : Pirogues sur l'Ogooué
- 1949 : La Grande case
- 1953 : Stock car
- 1954 : L'Enfant au fennec
- 1955 : Coureurs de brousse
Full features
- 1950 : Savage AfricaSavage AfricaSavage Africa is a 1950 French film directed by Jacques Dupont.The film is also known as Congolaise ....
(Congolaise) - 1955 : Crève-cœur
- 1958 : La Passe du diable (The Devil's Pass) with Pierre SchoendoerfferPierre SchoendoerfferPierre Schoendoerffer is a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician and since 2001 the President of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.-Family:...
- 1960 : Les Distractions