Jacques Demy

Directing · Born 1931-06-05 in Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France

Biography

Jacques Demy (June 5, 1931 – October 27, 1990) was a French director and screenwriter. He appeared in the wake of the French New Wave. His films are well known for their sumptuous look, drawing on Hollywood musicals, fairy tales, jazz, and opera.

Filmography

• The 400 Blows as Policeman (uncredited)
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)
• Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande as Self (archive footage)
• The Young Girls Turn 25 as Self (archive footage)
• La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self
• Dead Horizons as Young man
• Ars as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Viva Varda! as Self (archive footage)
• Le Bel Indifférent as (voice)
• The Beaches of Agnès as Self (archive footage)

TV

• Un film et son époque as Self (archive footage)
• Nulle part ailleurs as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self