Abel Gance (film director)

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Who is Abel Gance?

Abel Gance was a French film director and producer, writer and actor. He is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse, La Roue, and the monumental Napoléon.

• also known as D.W. Griffith of Europe
• born on 25 October 1889 (125 years ago) in Paris, child of Abel Flamant and Françoise Péréthon
• nationality: France
• profession: Screenwriter, film director, film producer, actor, film editor
• spouses:
  • Marriage with Marguerite Gance since 7 November 1922
  • Marriage with Mathilde Thizeau since 1912
  • Marriage with Marie-Odette Vérité between 1933 and 1978 (45 years)
• died on 10 November 1981 (33 years ago) in Paris of tuberculosis
• written work: "Napoleon"
• filmography:
  • "End of the World"
  • "The Fall of the House of Usher"
  • "Bonaparte and the Revolution"
  • "Autour de la roue"
• films written:
  • Napoléon
  • J'accuse!
  • Lucrezia Borgia
  • Queen Margot
  • Austerlitz
  • The Wheel
  • J'accuse
• films produced:
  • Napoléon
  • Au Secours!
  • J'accuse!
  • The Wheel
• films directed:
  • Napoléon
  • J'accuse
  • Au Secours!
  • Beethoven's Great Love
  • The Wheel
  • Lucrezia Borgia
  • J'accuse!
  • La Folie du Docteur Tube
  • End of the World
  • The Zone of Death
  • The Torture of Silence
  • The Ironmaster
  • The Mask of Horror
  • Les Gaz mortels
  • Le périscope
  • Le droit à la vie
  • Un drame au château d'Acre
  • Poliche
  • The Tenth Symphony
  • Barberousse
  • La Digue
  • Vénus aveugle
  • Louise
  • Bonaparte and the Revolution
  • Napoléon Bonaparte
  • La dame aux camélias
  • Austerlitz
  • Berlingot and Company
• nomination: 1981
  • nominated to BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award
  • BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

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