Biography
Jacques Demy was a French director, screenwriter and lyricist. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrated for their visual style, which drew upon diverse sources such as classic Hollywood musicals, the plein-air realism of his French New Wave colleagues, fairy tales, jazz, Japanese manga, and the opera. His films contain overlapping continuity, lush musical scores and motifs like teenage love, labor rights, chance encounters, incest, and the intersection between dreams and reality. He was married to Agnès Varda, another prominent director of the French New Wave. Demy is best known for the two musicals he directed in the mid-1960s: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967).
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Awards & recognition
- Palme d'Or · 1964
- Louis Delluc Prize · 1963
- César Award — Best Director · 1983 · nominated
- César Award — Best Film · 1983 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Musical · 1979 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Original Musical Score · 1969 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1966 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1966 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1966 · nominated
- Grammy Award — Song of the Year · 1965 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1963 · nominated
Filmography20 titles
The 400 Blows
The Beaches of Agnès
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Jacquot of Nantes
Lust
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Donkey Skin
The Young Girls Turn 25
Lola
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
The World of Jacques Demy
Le Sabotier du Val de Loire
Bay of Angels
Paris Belongs to Us
Model Shop
A Room in Town
The Pied Piper
Ars
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Dead Horizons