Marc Allégret

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Marc Allégret
Allégret (left) with André Gide in 1920
(photo by Lady Ottoline Morrell)
Born(1900-12-22)22 December 1900
Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
Died3 November 1973(1973-11-03) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • film director
Years active1927–1970
Parent
RelativesYves Allégret (brother)

Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director.[1]

Biography

Born in

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Allégret collaborated on the famous Dada Marcel Duchamp short film Anemic Cinema in 1926 and served as an assistant director to Robert Florey and Augusto Genina. In 1931 he directed his first feature film, Mam’zelle Nitouche.[3] He received acclaim for his subsequent film Fanny and went on to a long career during which he wrote numerous scripts and directed more than fifty films.

Allégret died in 1973 and was interred in the

Versailles, France.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Marc Allégret". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014.
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  3. ^ a b Marc Allégret. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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