Jacques Feyder
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When he announced he wanted to become an actor in 1907, father forbade him to use family name so he adopted pseudonym "Feyder"
Biography
In films as an actor from 1913 and director from 1916. Feyder's lyrical handling of realistic subject-matter created some of the finest French films of the 1920s, including "Crainquebille" (1923), "Visage d'enfants" (1924) and the celebrated Zola adaptation, "Therese Raquin" (1928). After a brief sojourn in Hollywood he assured his place as a key figure of "poetic realism" with a series of films starring his wife Francoise Rosay and co-written by Charles Spaak. Feyder's assistant during this period was future director Marcel Carne.
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Life Events
1906
Worked in family's cannon foundry
1911
Moved to Paris
1911
Stage acting debut
1912
Film acting debut in a Georges Melies fantasy
1915
Film debut as co-director, "Monsieur Pinson, policier"
1928
Moved to Hollywood; signed contract with MGM (terminated 1933)
1942
Left France and lived in Switzerland for duration of WWII
1945
Returned to France and began producing
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Notes
When he announced he wanted to become an actor in 1907, father forbade him to use family name so he adopted pseudonym "Feyder"