Jacques Viot
Jacques Viot (1898–1973) was a French novelist and screenwriter. After service in the artillery during the First World War he became involved with the Surrealist movement. From the mid-1930s he began working on screenplays, collaborating with directors such as Marcel Carne, Jacques Feyder and Marcel Camus.
Jacques Viot
- Name
- Jacques Viot
- Born
- 20 November 1898
- Birthplace
- Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
- Died
- 29 January 1973 (aged 74)
- Education
- HEC Paris
- Occupation
- Writer
- Full name
- Jacques Marie Maurice Viot.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French and German.
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Jacques Viot (1898–1973) was a French novelist and screenwriter. After service in the artillery during the First World War he became involved with the Surrealist movement. From the mid-1930s he began working on screenplays, collaborating with directors such as Marcel Carne, Jacques Feyder and Marcel Camus.
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After the war, he enrolled at HEC Paris where he obtained a diploma, then worked in an insurance firm in Nantes.
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• Name — Jacques Viot • Born — 20 November 1898 • Birthplace — Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France • Died — 29 January 1973 (aged 74) • Place of death — Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France • Education — HEC Paris • Occupation — Writer • Years Active — 1935–1964 (film)
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Selected filmography
• Beautiful Days (1935) • Under Western Eyes (1936) • People Who Travel (1938) • The Tamer (1938) • Daybreak (1939) • Carmen (1942) • Marie-Martine (1943) • The Ménard Collection (1944) • Lunegarde (1946) • Back Streets of Paris (1946) • The Woman in Red (1947) • The Long Night (1947) • Night Express (1948) • Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951) • The Call of Destiny (1953) • The King's Prisoner (1954) • The Air of Paris (1954) • House on the Waterfront (1955) • Black Orpheus (1959)
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