Georges Franju

Director

About

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Birth Place
France
Born
April 12, 1912
Died
November 05, 1987

Biography

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Former set designer who in 1937 co-founded the renowned Cinematheque Francaise film archive with Henri Langlois. Franju made several gripping documentaries including "Le Sang des betes" (1949) and "Hotel des Invalides" (1951), noted for their distinctive blending of the lyrical with the horrific; he later carried the style over into feature films such as "La Tete contre les murs" (1958) ...

Filmography

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Le Dernier Melodrame (1980)
Director
Nuits rouges (1973)
Director
Judex (1966)
Director
Thomas the Imposter (1965)
Director
Thérèse (1963)
Director
Spotlight On Murder (1961)
Director

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Eyes Without A Face (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Her Disfigurement

Biography

Former set designer who in 1937 co-founded the renowned Cinematheque Francaise film archive with Henri Langlois. Franju made several gripping documentaries including "Le Sang des betes" (1949) and "Hotel des Invalides" (1951), noted for their distinctive blending of the lyrical with the horrific; he later carried the style over into feature films such as "La Tete contre les murs" (1958) and "Eyes Without a Face" (1959). Although some critics placed Franju on the fringes of the French New Wave largely because several of his most prominent films came out in the late 1950s and early 60s, his work has steadfastly remained difficult to categorize. Major influences on Franju include Louis Feuillade, whose "Judex" serial he enjoyably and respectfully remade in 1963, and Jean Cocteau, whose novel "Thomas the Imposter" Franju filmed in 1965.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Le Dernier Melodrame (1980)
Director
Nuits rouges (1973)
Director
Judex (1966)
Director
Thomas the Imposter (1965)
Director
Thérèse (1963)
Director
Spotlight On Murder (1961)
Director
Eyes Without a Face (1959)
Director
The Keepers (1958)
Director
Le Grand Melies (1952)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

Thomas the Imposter (1965)
Screenwriter
Thérèse (1963)
Screenwriter
Spotlight On Murder (1961)
Screenwriter
Eyes Without a Face (1959)
Adaptation
Le Grand Melies (1952)
Screenwriter

Music (Feature Film)

Nuits rouges (1973)
Music

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Un Homme Qui Dort (1974)
Assistance

Director (Short)

The First Night (1958)
Director
Notre Dame, cathedrale de Paris (1957)
Director
Sur le pont d'Avignon (1956)
Director
Le Theatre National Populaire (1956)
Director
A propos d'une riviere (1955)
Director
Mon Chien (1955)
Director
Navigation marchande (1954)
Director
Poussieres, Les (1954)
Director

Writer (Short)

Notre Dame, cathedrale de Paris (1957)
Screenwriter
Sur le pont d'Avignon (1956)
Screenwriter
Le Theatre National Populaire (1956)
Screenwriter
Mon Chien (1955)
Screenwriter
A propos d'une riviere (1955)
Screenwriter
Poussieres, Les (1954)
Screenwriter

Life Events

1934

First short film "Le Metro" (with Henri Langlois)

1935

Co-founded Le Cercle du Cinema Film Club (with Henri Langlois)

1937

Co-founded the Cinematheque Francaise (with Henri Langlois)

1938

Elected executive secretary of the FIAF (International Federations of Film Archives)

1949

Documentary film directing debut with "Le Sang des betes"

1958

Feature directorial debut with "Le Tete contre les murs"

Videos

Movie Clip

Eyes Without A Face (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Louise Deceptively weird opening, Alida Valli, who plays "Louise," driving panicky along a French highway at night, soon revealed to be up to no good, in Georges Franju's celebrated Eyes Without A Face, 1959.tbd
Eyes Without A Face (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Her Disfigurement Inspector Parrot (Alexandre Rignault) with pathologist (Michel Etcheverry) preparing to receive professor Genessier (Pierre Brasseur), who will falsely identify a young woman killed in his own experiment, as his daughter, in Georges Franju's Eyes Without A Face, 1959.
Eyes Without A Face (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Christiane Horribly disfigured Christiane (Edith Scob) starting out in her mask, sneaking about her father's lab, visiting his test-subject dogs, then sneaking up on Edna (Juliette Mayniel), the face donor he's lined up, in Georges Franju's Eyes Without A Face, 1959.
Eyes Without A Face (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Wish I Were Blind Mad-ish professor Genessier (Pierre Brasseur) visits his disfigured daughter Christiane (Edith Scob), updating his plan to rebuild her face, with her mask shown for the first time, his assistant Louise (Alida Valli) offering compassion, in Georges Franju's Eyes Without A Face, 1959.

Trailer

Eyes Without a Face - (Original Trailer) A surgeon steals young women's faces hoping to heal his daughter's scars in Eyes Without A Face (1960).

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