Abel Gance
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Writer
Born Oct 25, 1889 · Paris, France
Active 1909–1981
Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927).
Filmography
Cyrano and d'Artagnan (1964) - Director · ScreenplayAusterlitz (1960) - Director · Writer14 juillet 1953 (1954) - Director · EditorQueen Margot (1954) - WriterCaptain Fracasse (1943) - Director · WriterBlind Venus (1941) - Writer · DirectorFour Flights to Love (1939) - Director · ScreenplayJ'Accuse (1938) - Director · WriterThe Woman Thief (1938) - DirectorThe Life and Loves of Beethoven (1937) - Writer · DirectorNapoléon Bonaparte (1935) - Saint-Just · Director · Editor · ScreenplayLe Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre (1935) - Screenplay · DirectorCamille (1934) - Director · ProducerPoliche (1934) - DirectorMater Dolorosa (1933) - Writer · DirectorThe End of the World (1931) - Jean Novalic · Director · ScreenplayThe Fall of the House of Usher (1928) - Bar CustomerNapoleon (1927) - Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just · Director · Writer · EditorAu secours ! (1924) - Director · Producer · WriterLa Roue (1923) - Writer · Director · Editor · ProducerTillers of the Soil (1923) - ProducerJ'Accuse (1919) - Director · Screenplay · EditorThe Tenth Symphony (1918) - Director · WriterThe Madness of Dr. Tube (1915) - Director · Writer