Jules Dassin
Born 18/12/1911
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Died 31/03/2008
(96 years old)
Atény, Greece
Biography
Born in 1911 in Connecticut, Jules Dassin went to Hollywood in 1940 where he worked for Alfred Hitchcock and Garson Kanin, before making his first feature film The Tell Tale Heart in 1941. He then directed several film noirs, including Brute Force (1947), The Naked City (1948) and Night and the City (1950).
In 1951, he was denounced by HUAC (the House of Un-American Activities Committee) for communist sympathies. Because he refused to testify, he was black-listed and subsequently moved to France. There, he made Du riffifi chez les hommes (1955), for which he won the Best Director Prize at the Cannes Festival. He also made Pote tin Kyriaki (1960), which garnered two Oscar nominations. He returned to the USA where he made Topkapi (1960). Jules Dassin died in March 2008.
Locarno Festival
Director
Movies | |
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1981 |
Circle of Two |
1978 |
A Dream of Passion |
1974 |
The Rehearsal |
1970 |
Promise at Dawn |
1968 |
Uptight! |
1966 |
10:30 P.M. Summer |
1964 |
Topkapi |
1962 |
Phaedra |
1960 |
Never on Sunday |
1959 |
The Law |
1957 |
He Who Must Die |
1955 |
Rififi |
1950 |
Night and the City |
1949 |
Thieves' Highway |
1948 |
The Naked City |
1947 |
Brute Force |
1946 |
A Letter for Evie |
Two Smart People |
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1944 |
The Canterville Ghost |
1943 |
Young Ideas |
1942 |
Nazi Agent |
Reunion in France |
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The Affairs of Martha |
Documentaries | |
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1968 |
Hamilchama al hashalom |
Short | |
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1941 |
The Tell-Tale Heart |
Actor
Movies | |
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1974 |
The Rehearsal |
1962 |
Phaedra |
1960 |
Never on Sunday |
1955 |
Rififi |
Documentaries | |
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2007 |
Dana Polan on 'The Naked City' - a.f. |
James Sanders on 'The Naked City' - a.f. |
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2005 |
Buzz |
Filmmakers in Action |
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2002 |
Film Genre (series) |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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1970 |
Promise at Dawn |
1968 |
Uptight! |
1959 |
The Law |
1957 |
He Who Must Die |
Producer
Movies | |
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1968 |
Uptight! |
Guest
Shows | |
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1991 |
Bouillon de culture |