FILM DIRECTOR

Maurice Cloche

1907 - 1990

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Maurice Cloche (17 June 1907, in Commercy, Meuse – 20 March 1990, in Bordeaux, France) was a French film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. Best known for his Oscar-winning film Monsieur Vincent (1947) he won a 1948 Special Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ''Monsieur Vincent,'' a dramatization of the life of St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Cloche has received more than 43,997 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Maurice Cloche is the 1,132nd most popular film director (up from 1,227th in 2019), the 4,548th most popular biography from France (down from 4,460th in 2019) and the 131st most popular French Film Director.

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  • 2.04

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Maurice Cloche ranks 1,132 out of 2,041. Before him are Morten Tyldum, August Blom, Alan Taylor, Rex Ingram, Herschell Gordon Lewis, and Luis Alcoriza. After him are Pete Docter, Shawn Levy, Wally Pfister, Alan Ball, Ron Clements, and Hrafn Gunnlaugsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Maurice Cloche ranks 291. Before him are Alfred Schmitt, Leslie Charteris, Marie Jahoda, Luiz Gervazoni, Ann Todd, and Alfredo Devincenzi. After him are Jean Van Houtte, Clifford Curzon, Willy Busch, Hassler Whitney, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, and Vicente Enrique y Tarancón. Among people deceased in 1990, Maurice Cloche ranks 224. Before him are An Wang, Lotte Jacobi, Adri van Male, Gary Merrill, Chiara Badano, and Gino Cappello. After him are Tibor Berczelly, Mary Martin, Harry Klinefelter, Joe Mercer, Leonid Trauberg, and Allen Collins.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maurice Cloche ranks 4,548 out of 6,770. Before him are Robert Liottel (1885), Marcel Mouloudji (1922), Élie Bayol (1914), Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1783), Richard Gasquet (1986), and Sabin Berthelot (1794). After him are Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (1985), Raphaël Guerreiro (1993), André Messager (1853), Henri Béraud (1885), Roger Gautier (1922), and Maurice Larrouy (1872).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Maurice Cloche ranks 131. Before him are Nina Companeez (1937), Noémie Lvovsky (1964), Roger Planchon (1931), Raymond Depardon (1942), Jean Dréville (1906), and Francis Girod (1944). After him are Rachid Bouchareb (1953), Robert Guédiguian (1953), Arnaud Desplechin (1960), Laurent Cantet (1961), Marc Caro (1956), and Denys de La Patellière (1921).

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Filmography

Monsieur Vincent
Director
The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.
Nov 5th 19476.5 / 10
FX 18, Secret Agent
Director
Secret agent FX-18 goes undercover to break up an espionage ring.
Mar 28th 19644.8 / 10
Rooster Heart
Director
A man is too shy to ask a girl out and decides to kill himself. While lying in the road he is rescued by a Doctor who tries to cure him by implanting the heart of a rooster into him, something which suddenly makes him irresistible to women.
Dec 26th 19466 / 10