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Jean Vigo (1905–1934)

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Jean Vigo had bad health since he was a child. Son of anarchist militant Miguel Almareyda, he also never really recovered from his father's mysterious death in jail when he was 12. Abandoned by his mother, he passed from boarding school to boarding school. Aged 23, through meetings with people involved in the movies... See full bio »

Born:

Jean Bonaventure de Vigo Almereyda
in Paris, France

Died:

(age 29) in Paris, France
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1934 L'Atalante
 
1933 Zero de Conduite (short)
 
1931 Taris (documentary short)
 
1930 À Propos de Nice (documentary short)
 
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1934 L'Atalante (adaptation / dialogue)
 
1933 Zero de Conduite (short) (scenario)
 
1931 Taris (documentary short)
 
1930 À Propos de Nice (documentary short)
 
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1933 Zero de Conduite (short) (uncredited)
 
1931 Taris (documentary short)
 
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1933 Zero de Conduite (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
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1963 The Carabineers (dedicatee)
 
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2001 Jean Vigo: Le son retrouvé (video documentary short)
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Zero de Conduite -- The intolerable pressure of life at an unpleasantly seedy boys' boarding school leads to a full-scale revolution...
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2 Biographical Movies  | 1 Print Biography  | 9 Articles  | See more »

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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In 2011 Jean Vigo's daughter and film critic Luce Vigo accepted the Parajanov-Vartanov Institute Award -- named after persecuted Soviet filmmakers Sergei Parajanov and Mikhail Vartanov -- posthumously honoring Vigo for the masterpiece Zero de Conduite; Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight presented... See more »

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