Jacques Demy
b. 1931 — d. 1990 (aged 59)
Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France
Actor
Director
Writer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jacques Demy was a French director and screenwriter. He appeared in the wake of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are well known for their sumptuous look, drawing on Hollywood musicals, fairy tales, jazz, and opera. His films are also distinguishable by their overlapping continuity (i.e., characters cross over from film to film), lush musical scores (typically composed by Michel Legrand) and themes like teenage love, labor rights, incest, and the intersection between dreams and reality.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.6
Jacquot of Nantes
1991 Writer
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★ 6.3
Three Seats for the 26th
1988 Director
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★ 7.1
Turning Table
1988 Director
Writer
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Punaiset kengät Sodankylässä
1987 Self
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★ 4.6
Parking
1985 Director
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★ 5.2
Louisiane
1984 Director
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★ 6.7
A Room in Town
1982 Director
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Le roman du samedi
1980 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
Lady Oscar
1979 Director
Writer
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★ 7.1
Les femmes sont de nature créatives: Agnès Varda
1977 Self
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★ 5.8
A Slightly Pregnant Man
1973 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
The Pied Piper
1972 Director
Writer
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★ 7.0
Donkey Skin
1970 Director
Writer
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★ 6.7
Model Shop
1969 Director
Writer
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Die Geburt der Kinder des Olymps
1968 Self
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★ 7.7
The Young Girls of Rochefort
1967 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
Derrière l'écran
1966 Self
Actor
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★ 7.8
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 Director
Writer
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★ 7.2
Bay of Angels
1963 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962 Director
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★ 7.4
Lola
1961 Director
Writer
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★ 6.9
Lust
1961 Director
Writer
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★ 6.4
Ars
1960 Actor
Director
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Le narrateur
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La mère et l'enfant
1959 Director
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★ 6.3
Le bel indifférent
1958 Actor
Director
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★ 6.4
Musée Grévin
1958 Director
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★ 7.2
Le sabotier du Val de Loire
1956 Director
Writer
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★ 6.0
Les horizons morts
1951 Actor
Director