FILM DIRECTOR

Jacques Copeau

1879 - 1949

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Jacques Copeau (French: [kɔpo]; 4 February 1879 – 20 October 1949) was a French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Copeau has received more than 118,744 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Copeau is the 391st most popular film director (down from 366th in 2019), the 2,224th most popular biography from France (down from 2,082nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Copeau ranks 391 out of 2,041. Before him are Lotte Reiniger, Sam Mendes, Robert Benton, Gerard Damiano, Wolfgang Reitherman, and Edward Yang. After him are Paolo Sorrentino, Ishirō Honda, Luigi Comencini, Mervyn LeRoy, John McTiernan, and Gene Deitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Jacques Copeau ranks 70. Before him are Aleksandar Tsankov, William Fox, Hovannes Adamian, Bernhard Schmidt, Dwight F. Davis, and Agrippina Vaganova. After him are Jane Darwell, Samuel Goldwyn, Jacob Gade, Alla Nazimova, Aimo Cajander, and Sándor Garbai. Among people deceased in 1949, Jacques Copeau ranks 56. Before him are Vítězslav Novák, Vasily Degtyaryov, Alice Bailey, Walter Buch, Mariano Fortuny, and Wilhelm Adam. After him are Otto Wächter, Ginette Neveu, Maria Cebotari, Vladimir Nazor, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, and Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Copeau ranks 2,224 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Couve de Murville (1907), Pierre Klossowski (1905), Dominique Pinon (1955), Géraud Duroc (1772), Hincmar (806), and Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597). After him are Peter Nolasco (1180), Louis Couperin (1626), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Gustave Kahn (1859), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), and Joseph Darnand (1897).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Copeau ranks 50. Before him are Jacques Audiard (1952), Jacques Doillon (1944), Leos Carax (1960), Alexandre Astruc (1923), Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946), and Patrice Leconte (1947). After him are Claire Denis (1946), Christian-Jaque (1904), André Téchiné (1943), Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946), Michel Gondry (1963), and Aleksandar Petrović (1929).

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Filmography

Under Western Eyes
Director
Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official.
Mar 20th 19366.2 / 10
Courier of Lyons
Director
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.
Nov 10th 19376.833 / 10
Woman of Malacca
Director
Unhappy with her humdrum life as a provincial schoolteacher, Audrey Greenwood marries Major Carter, an officer in the British Army whom she does not love. Not long after the wedding Carter is on his way to Malaysia, accompanied by his wife, to take up a post in the British colony. During the long sea voyage, Audrey becomes acquainted with the handsome Prince Selim, the heir to the Malaysian throne. Life in the province of Malacca soon proves disagreeable to the free-spirited Englishwoman and she becomes a social outcast when her amorous affair with the prince is discovered.
Oct 6th 19376.8 / 10