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Marcel Carné

Directing

Born August 18, 1906 · Paris, France

Died October 31, 1996

Also known as Marcel Albert Carné

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Biography

Marcel Albert Carné was a French film director. A key figure in the poetic realism movement, Carné's best known films include Port of Shadows (1938), Le Jour Se Lève (1939), Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942) and Children of Paradise (1945); the latter has been cited as one of the great films of all time.

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Awards & recognition

  • Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour · 1996
  • European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 1995
  • David di Donatello Luchino Visconti · 1991
  • Praemium Imperiale · 1989
  • Officer of Arts and Letters · 1983
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  • Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit · 1981
  • Honorary César · 1979
  • Golden Lion — Lifetime Achievement · 1971
  • Silver Lion · 1953
  • Louis Delluc Prize · 1939

Filmography8 titles

Children of Paradise

1945Director

Daybreak

1939Director

Port of Shadows

1938Director

Carnival in Flanders

1935Assistant Director

Hotel du Nord

1938Director

Gates of the Night

1946Director

The Devil's Envoys

1942Director

The Adultress

1953Adaptation, Director