Jean Tedesco
Jean Tedesco (1895–1958) was a French film director, film critic and screenwriter. Chief editor of the Cinéa magazine he also was managing director of the théâtre du Vieux-Colombier between 1924 and 1934 where he showed avant-garde films during the 1920s.
Jean Tedesco
- Name
- Jean Tedesco
- Born
- 1895
- Birthplace
- London
- Died
- 1959
- Place of death
- Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- screenwriter · film critic · director
- Languages
- French
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Jean Tedesco (1895–1958) was a French film director, film critic and screenwriter. Chief editor of the Cinéa magazine he also was managing director of the théâtre du Vieux-Colombier between 1924 and 1934 where he showed avant-garde films during the 1920s.
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Jean Tedesco was a French director, film critic and screenwriter. Born in London, the director died in Paris. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Jean Tedesco • Born — 1895 • Birthplace — London • Died — 1959 • Place of death — Paris • Years Active — 1928 - 1951
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• 1951: Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français (documentary) • 1951: L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle (after Tristan Bernard) (short film) • 1951: Les Hommes de l'acier (short) • 1948: Mort ou vif (film) with Charles Dechamps • 1946: Comédie avant Molière (short) • 1945: Enquête du 58 (short) • 1943: La Main de l'homme (documentary) • 1941: Sur les chemins de Lamartine (documentary) • 1937: Panoramas au fil de l'eau • 1931: Amour et quadrille • 1928: The Little Match Girl (co director: Jean Renoir)
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Jean Tedesco was born at London.
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- 1.Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes, Librairie Droz, 1939
- 2.Cinéma et Cie, Volume 2, Partie 1, Cinémathèque française, Louis Delluc
- 3.En route vers le parlant: histoire d'une évolution technologique, Martin Barnier, Editions du CEFAL, 2002,
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- Le Cinéma, Jean Tédesco, 1933
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