Marcel L'herbier


Director

About

Birth Place
Paris, FR
Born
April 23, 1888
Died
November 26, 1979

Biography

Avant-garde filmmaker of the late teens whose works incorporated the talents of renowned artists from other fields, including painter Fernand Leger and architect Mallet Stevens. L'Herbier's silent films and theoretical writing inspired a generation of cineastes, such as directors Alberto Cavalcanti and Claude Autant-Lara, although his critical reputation ebbed with the advent of sound. H...

Biography

Avant-garde filmmaker of the late teens whose works incorporated the talents of renowned artists from other fields, including painter Fernand Leger and architect Mallet Stevens. L'Herbier's silent films and theoretical writing inspired a generation of cineastes, such as directors Alberto Cavalcanti and Claude Autant-Lara, although his critical reputation ebbed with the advent of sound. He founded the noted film school, IDHEC, in 1943.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

La Feerie des fantasmes (1978)
Director
L' Affaire du collier de la reine (1946)
Director
La Nuit fantastique (1942)
Director
Entente Cordiale (1939)
Director
Forfaiture (1937)
Director
La Citadelle du silence (1937)
Director
Le Coin des enfants (1936)
Director
Hommes nouveaux, Les (1936)
Director
La Porte du large (1936)
Director
Veille d'armes (1935)
Director
La Route imperiale (1935)
Director
L' Aventurier (1934)
Director
L' Epervier (1933)
Director
Le Mystere de la chambre jaune (1930)
Director
L' Enfant de l'amour (1930)
Director
La Femme d'une nuit (1930)
Director
Le Diable au coeur (1927)
Director
Feu Mathias Pascal (1925)
Director
L' Inhumaine (1923)
Director
Resurrection (1923)
Director
L' Homme du large (1920)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Autour de l'argent (1929)
Himself
L' Homme du large (1920)
Bouclette (1917)

Writer (Feature Film)

La Nuit fantastique (1942)
Adaptation
La Porte du large (1936)
Screenwriter
La Porte du large (1936)
Dialogue
Le Coin des enfants (1936)
Screenwriter
Le Coin des enfants (1936)
Adaptation
Hommes nouveaux, Les (1936)
Screenwriter
Hommes nouveaux, Les (1936)
Dialogue
Veille d'armes (1935)
Screenplay
Veille d'armes (1935)
Writer (Dialogue)
La Route imperiale (1935)
Dialogue
La Route imperiale (1935)
Screenwriter
L' Aventurier (1934)
Screenwriter
L' Enfant de l'amour (1930)
Screenwriter
La Femme d'une nuit (1930)
Screenwriter
Le Mystere de la chambre jaune (1930)
Screenwriter
Le Diable au coeur (1927)
Screenwriter
Feu Mathias Pascal (1925)
Screenwriter
L' Inhumaine (1923)
Screenwriter
Resurrection (1923)
Screenwriter
L' Homme du large (1920)
Screenwriter
Bouclette (1917)
Screenwriter

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Le Martyre de l'obese (1932)
Production Supervisor
Le Marchand de plaisirs (1923)
Production Supervisor

Life Events

1943

Founded IDHEC

Bibliography