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 (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
- Marriage with Mathilde Thizeau since
- Marriage with Marie-Odette Vérité between and (45 years)
- died on (33 years ago) in Paris of tuberculosis
- written work: "Napoleon"
- filmography:
- films written:
- films produced:
- 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:
- nominated to BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award
- BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award
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