Filmmaker
The Resume
(February 28, 1895-April 18, 1974)
Born in Aubagne, France
Filmmaker and playwright
Wrote the plays 'Merchants of Glory' (1925), 'Jazz' (1926), 'Topaze' (1930), 'Fanny' (1932) and 'Cesar' (1936)
Wrote the novels 'Jean de Florette' and 'Manon des Sources'
Directed the films 'Ways of Love' (1933), 'Topze' (1936), 'Cesar' (1936), 'The Baker's Wife' (1938), 'Harvest' (1939), 'The Well-Digger's Daughter' (1940), 'The Pretty Miller Girl' (1948), 'Topaze' (1951), 'Manon of the Spring' (1952) and 'Letters from My Windmill' (1954)
Why he might be annoying
As a child, his mother kept him from reading books out of fear of 'cerebral explosion.'
He was discharged from the French army after one year because of a poor constitution.
He fathered three children out of wedlock.
The actor Fernandel said, 'With Marcel Pagnol, making a film is first of all going to Marseille, then eating some bouillabaisse with a friend, talking about the rain or the beautiful weather, and finally if there is a spare moment, shooting.'
Why he might not be annoying
He was a pioneer in French cinema of naturalistic dialogue and on location filming.
His movies won the New York Film Critics Circle Awards for best foreign film three times.
He was the first filmmaker elected to the Academie Francaise (1947).
Director Jean-Charles Tacchella said, 'After watching one of his films, you felt happy. Sometimes you even believed you were a better person.'
Credit: C. Fishel
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Year In Review:
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 45 Votes: 68.89% Annoying
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