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Jacques Feyder (21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the USA, Britain and Germany. He was a leading director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930s he became associated with the style of poetic realism in French cinema. He adopted French nationality in 1928.
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Stage actor from 1912. Wrote and directed short features for Gaumont from 1916. Front-line military service during World War I. Directed Missing Husbands (1921), shot on location in the Sahara, followed by another big success, Crainquebille (1922) two years later. Briefly with MGM in Hollywood, 1928-32, but did not enjoy the experience and returned to France. Directed his best film, Carnival in Flanders (1935) in 1935. After filming Knight Without Armor (1937) for Alexander Korda, essentially retired. Found a safe refuge in Switzerland during the Second World War, teaching at the Geneva Conservatoire.
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 325-330. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.