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Christian-Jaque

French director
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Also known as: Christian-Albert-François Maudet
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Original name:
Christian-Albert-François Maudet
Born:
Sept. 4, 1904, Paris, France
Died:
July 8, 1994, Paris (aged 89)
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Christian-Jaque (born Sept. 4, 1904, Paris, France—died July 8, 1994, Paris) was one of the most commercially successful and prolific French motion-picture directors, who was able to depict both drama and comedy effectively. Christian-Jaque was educated at the School of Fine Arts and the School of Decorative Arts, both in Paris. He started his career as a journalist and film critic and in 1926 entered the film industry as a poster designer. (His professional name derived from his own name and that of a collaborator, Jaque, in the poster-design business.) Later he became a set director and then an assistant ...(100 of 226 words)

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