Marcel Camus
Directing · Writer · Director · Assistant Director
Born Apr 21, 1912 · Chappes, Ardennes, France
Active 1947–1982
Marcel Camus (21 April 1912 – 13 January 1982) was a French film director. He is best known for Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Filmography
Casque d'Or (1952) — Assistant DirectorBlack Orpheus (1959) — Ernesto · Director · Dialogue · AdaptationAtlantic Wall (1970) — Director · AdaptationAntoine & Antoinette (1947) — Assistant DirectorThat Is the Dawn (1956) — First Assistant DirectorThe Pioneers (1960) — Director · WriterMolière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973) — Director · CreatorLes Faucheurs de marguerites (1974) — CreatorLa Porteuse de pain (1973) — DirectorStrange Desire of Mr. Bard (1954) — Assistant DirectorBad Liaisons (1955) — Assistant DirectorA Savage Summer (1970) — Director · WriterThe Cheerful Squadron (1954) — Screenplay · Assistant DirectorMort en fraude (1957) — DirectorLes Dents longues (1953) — AdaptationBird of Paradise (1962) — Writer · DirectorLa demoiselle et son revenant (1952) — Assistant DirectorBahia (1976) — Director · ScreenplayMy Friend Winnetou (1980) — DirectorLove in the Night (1968) — DirectorSong of the World (1965) — Director · WriterMadrid (1983) — DirectorCe diable d'homme (1978) — Director · Creator