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Marcel L'Herbier

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Marcel L'Herbier

Born April 23, 1888 in Paris, FranceDied November 26, 197949 films

Marcel L'Herbier (1888-1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant-garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s. His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television. He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC).

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In 1921, only three years after his first film, Marcel L'Herbier was voted by readers of a French film magazine as the best French director. In the following year, the critic Léon Moussinac marked him as one of the filmmakers whose work was most important for the future of cinema. In this period, L'Herbier was linked with filmmakers such as Abel Gance, Germaine Dulac and Louis Delluc as part of a "first avant-garde" (Impressionism) in French cinema, the first generation to think spontaneously in animated images.

Filmography

49 films as director
  1. 1975La Féerie des fantasmesDirector
  2. 1954What the East Wind SawDirector
  3. 1953The Father of the GirlDirector
  4. 1950The Last Days of PompeiiDirector
  5. 1948Stolen AffectionsDirector
  6. 1946Queen's NecklaceDirector
  7. 1946Happy Go LuckyDirector
  8. 1945The Bohemian LifeDirector
  9. 1943The Honorable CatherineDirector
  10. 1942Fantastic NightDirector
  11. 1941Foolish HusbandsDirector
  12. 1940Comedy of HappinessDirector
  13. 1940La Mode rêvéeDirector
  14. 1939Savage BrigadeDirector
  15. 1939Cordial AgreementDirector
  16. 1939Land of FireDirector
  17. 1938Adrienne LecouvreurDirector
  18. 1938RasputinDirector
  19. 1937ForfaitureDirector
  20. 1937The Citadel of SilenceDirector
  21. 1937Nights of FireDirector
  22. 1936The Great TemptationDirector
  23. 1936Children's CornerDirector
  24. 1936The New MenDirector
  25. 1935The Imperial RoadDirector
  26. 1935Sacrifice of HonorDirector
  27. 1934The AdventurerDirector
  28. 1934Le BonheurDirector
  29. 1934The ScandalDirector
  30. 1933The HawkDirector
  31. 1931Scent of the Woman in BlackDirector
  32. 1930The Mystery of the Yellow RoomDirector
  33. 1930La Femme d'une nuitDirector
  34. 1930Illegitimate ChildDirector
  35. 1929Princely NightsDirector
  36. 1928L'ArgentDirector
  37. 1928Little Devil May CareDirector
  38. 1926Le VertigeDirector
  39. 1925The Late Mathias PascalDirector
  40. 1924The Inhuman WomanDirector
  41. 1923RésurrectionDirector
  42. 1922Don Juan et FaustDirector
  43. 1921El DoradoDirector
  44. 1921Prometheus, BankerDirector
  45. 1921Villa DestinDirector
  46. 1920The Man of the SeaDirector
  47. 1920Le Carnaval des véritésDirector
  48. 1919Le BercailDirector
  49. 1919Rose-FranceDirector