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Julien Duvivier (French:; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960.
Julien Duvivier (born October 8, 1896, Lille, France—died October 29, 1967, Paris) was a motion-picture director who emerged as one of the “Big Five” of the French cinema in the 1930s. Duvivier’s use of “poetic realism,” which characterized the works of the avant-garde filmmakers of that decade, won him international acclaim.
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The mal-aimé director has since made a posthumous comeback. Prompted by screenings marking his one hundredth birthday, biographers and historians began to re-evaluate Duvivier’s films; The Divine Voyage, in particular, is ready for its close-up.
May 4, 2017 · Film Critic. Top French director Julien Duvivier spent World War II in Hollywood, and though the experience did not make him happy, it led directly to 1946’s “Panique,” a dark and compelling...
Duvivier had just completed production on his final project, "Diaboliquement vôtre" (1967), when he was killed in an auto accident at the age of 71. Though his life and career ended with this tragic accident, his legacy lives on through his films and in the minds and hearts of many.
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- Lille, Nord, France
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Julien Duvivier (1896-1967) was one of the most talented French film directors of the 1930s and a superb technician. His work was praised by Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (“one of the best cinema artisans”), Michael Powell, Jean Renoir (“this great technician, this filmmaker of rigour who was also a poet”) and François Truffaut.
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Died when the car he was driving collided with one that was carrying Maurice Schumann, French President Charles De Gaulle's Minister of Scientific Research. Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959
