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Jacques Demy ( French pronunciation: [ʒak dəmi]; 5 June 1931 – 27 October 1990) was a French director, lyricist, and screenwriter. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut.
French director Jacques Demy didn’t just make movies—he created an entire cinematic world. Demy launched his glorious feature filmmaking career in the sixties, a decade of astonishing invention in his national cinema.
Jacques Demy was born on 5 June 1931 in Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) and A Room in Town (1982). He was married to Agnès Varda. He died on 27 October 1990 in Paris, France.
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- Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France
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Jacques Demy est un réalisateur, scénariste, dialoguiste, producteur et parolier français né le 5 juin 1931 à Pontchâteau (Loire-Atlantique) et mort le 27 octobre 1990 à Paris 14 e.
Jun 18, 2024 · Jacques Demy was a French director best known for his romantic musical-comedy films. Demy studied for two years at France’s Technical School of Photography and Cinematography and then was an assistant to animator Paul Grimault (1952–54) and to director Georges Roquier (1954–57).
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Jacques Demy is remembered as one of the most accessible filmmakers of the French New Wave, the pivotal filmmaking movement of the 1960’s. The director of 21 films, his experimentation as a director was based deeply in the whimsical Hollywood Golden Age, and its colorful musicals and fantasy films that were his inspiration.
French director Jacques Demy didn’t just make movies—he created an entire cinematic world. Demy launched his glorious feature filmmaking career in the sixties, a decade of astonishing invention in his national cinema.
