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Abel Gance (1889–1981)

Writer | Director | Producer

Born an illegitimate son of a wealthy physician, Abel Flamant, and a working class mother, Francoise Perethon. He was raised by his mother and her boyfriend, who later became her husband, Adolphe Gance. Pressured by his parents, he began his working career as a lawyer's clerk in hopes of achieving a prosperous career in law... See full bio »

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in Paris, France

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(age 92) in Paris, France
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1972 Bonaparte et la révolution
 
1966 Marie Tudor (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1964 Cyrano et d'Artagnan (screenplay / story)
 
1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
 
1955 Tower of Nesle (dialogue / screenplay)
 
1954 Queen Margot
 
1953 Lumière (TV documentary short) (commentary)
 
1953 Lumière et l'invention du cinématographe (writer)
 
1953 Quatorze juillet (short) (writer)
 
1943 Captain Fracasse (adaptation / dialogue)
 
1941 Blind Venus (dialogue / screenplay)
 
1940 Four Flights to Love (scenario)
 
1939 Louise (adaptation and dialogue)
 
1938 The Woman Thief (adaptation)
 
1938 I Accuse (scenario & adaptation)
 
1936 The Life and Loves of Beethoven
 
1936 Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre
 
1935 Lucrezia Borgia (screenplay)
 
1935 The Queen and the Cardinal
 
1935 Napoléon Bonaparte (dialogue / screenplay)
 
1934 La dame aux camélias
 
1934 Poliche
 
1933 The Ironmaster (writer)
 
1933 Mater dolorosa (writer)
 
1931 End of the World
 
1929 Napoleon at St. Helena (story)
 
1927 Napoleon (written by)
 
1924 Help! (short)
 
1923 The Wheel (writer)
 
1919 I Accuse (writer)
 
1918 The Tenth Symphony (writer)
 
1918 Ecce Homo (writer)
 
1917 The Zone of Death
 
1917 Barberousse
 
1917 The Torture of Silence
 
1917 Le droit à la vie
 
1916 Les gaz mortels
 
1916 Ce que les flots racontent
 
1916 Fioritures
 
1916 Le fou de la falaise
 
1916 Le périscope
 
1915 Un drame au château d'Acre (short)
 
1915 La fleur des ruines
 
1915 La folie du Docteur Tube (short)
 
1915 L'énigme de dix heures
 
1915 The Heroism of Paddy
 
1915 Strass et Compagnie
 
1914 L'infirmière
 
1912 The Mask of Horror (short)
 
1912 Le tragique amour de Mona Lisa (short)
 
1912 Il y a des pieds au plafond
 
1912 La conspiration des drapeaux
 
1912 La mort du duc d'Enghien
 
1912 La pierre philosophe
 
1912 Le nègre blanc
 
1912 The Vengeance of Edgard Poe (short) (scenario)
 
1911 Cyrano et d'Assoucy
 
1911 La digue
 
1911 L'électrocuté
 
1911 Un clair de lune sous Richelieu
 
1910 La fille de Jephté (short)
 
1910 The End of Paganini (short)
 
1910 L'aluminite
 
1910 The Red Inn
 
1910 The Crime of a Grandfather
 
1910 Le roi des parfums
 
1910 Paganini
 
1909 La légende de l'arc-en-ciel (short) (writer)
 
1909 Le glas du père Césaire (short) (writer)
 
1909 Portrait of Mireille (short) (writer)
 
1909 Molière (short) (writer)
 
Show ShowDirector (52 titles)
1972 Bonaparte et la révolution
 
1967 Valmy (TV movie)
 
1966 Marie Tudor (TV movie)
 
1964 Cyrano et d'Artagnan
 
1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
 
1956 Magirama
 
1955 Tower of Nesle
 
1953 Quatorze juillet (short)
 
1943 Captain Fracasse
 
1941 Blind Venus
 
1940 Four Flights to Love
 
1939 Louise
 
1938 The Woman Thief
 
1938 I Accuse
 
1936 The Life and Loves of Beethoven
 
1936 Le roman d'un jeune homme pauvre
 
1935 Lucrezia Borgia
 
1935 The Queen and the Cardinal
 
1935 Napoléon Bonaparte
 
1934 La dame aux camélias (supervision)
 
1934 Poliche
 
1934 End of the World
 
1933 The Ironmaster
 
1933 Mater dolorosa
 
1931 End of the World
 
1928 Marines et cristeaux (short)
 
1927 Napoleon
 
1924 Help! (short)
 
1923 The Wheel
 
1919 I Accuse
 
1918 The Tenth Symphony
 
1918 Ecce Homo
 
1917 The Zone of Death
 
1917 Barberousse
 
1917 The Torture of Silence
 
1917 Le droit à la vie
 
1916 Les gaz mortels
 
1916 Ce que les flots racontent
 
1916 Fioritures
 
1916 Le fou de la falaise
 
1916 Le périscope
 
1915 Un drame au château d'Acre (short)
 
1915 La fleur des ruines
 
1915 La folie du Docteur Tube (short)
 
1915 L'énigme de dix heures
 
1915 The Heroism of Paddy
 
1915 Strass et Compagnie
 
1912 The Mask of Horror (short)
 
1912 Il y a des pieds au plafond
 
1912 La pierre philosophe
 
1912 Le nègre blanc
 
1911 La digue
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
1967 Valmy (TV movie) (producer)
 
1938 I Accuse (producer)
 
1934 La dame aux camélias (producer)
 
1924 Help! (short) (producer)
 
1923 The Wheel (producer)
 
1922 Tillers of the Soil (producer)
 
1920 Tom Thumb (producer)
 
Show ShowActor (7 titles)
Show ShowEditor (6 titles)
1972 Bonaparte et la révolution
 
1940 Four Flights to Love (supervising editor - uncredited)
 
1935 Napoléon Bonaparte
 
1927 Napoleon
 
1923 The Wheel
 
1919 I Accuse
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1922 Tillers of the Soil (supervisor)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1982 The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1981 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself - César d'honneur
– 6ème nuit des Césars (1981) … Himself - César d'honneur
 
1974 Histoire du cinéma français par ceux qui l'ont fait (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Abel Gance - Portrait brisé (1964) … Himself
 
1963 Abel Gance, hier et demain (documentary short)
Himself
 
1959 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 December 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1953 Lumière (TV documentary short)
Himself (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2012 Cinéphiles de notre temps (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Cinerama Adventure (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1972 Bonaparte et la révolution
St. Just
 
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Trivia:

Was asked by the Vichy Government, during 1941, to prove his Aryan origins to the head of the Cinema industry when accused of being Jewish. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio