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Marcel Paul Pagnol ( / pəˈnjɒl, pæ -/, also US: / pɑːˈnjɔːl / pah-NYAWL; [1] French: [maʁsɛl pɔl paɲɔl]; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, [2] in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française.
Marcel Paul Pagnol (born Feb. 25, 1895, Aubagne, Fr.—died April 18, 1974, Paris) was a French writer and motion-picture producer-director who won both fame as the master of stage comedy and critical acclaim for his filmmaking.
Oct 13, 2022 · Stephen Turnbull travels to the heart of Provence to explore the background of his favourite French film and learn what inspired Marcel Pagnol to write it.
An in-depth biography of the film writer and director Marcel Pagnol, and a complete list of the artist's films, with links to movie reviews.
Marcel Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a writer and producer, known for The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940), Jean de Florette (1986) and Le schpountz (1938).
Marcel Pagnol: the man. Born in Aubagne on February 28, 1895 to Joseph Pagnol and Augustine Lansot, Marcel Pagnol received a classical and republican education tinged with anticlericalism. Son of a schoolteacher, he quickly developed a passion for classical literature and, at the age of 19, founded the literary review “FORTUNIO”, which ...
Jan 8, 2019 · The playwright turned filmmaker talks about his approach to cinema in this excerpt from segments of a 1973 documentary series featured on our release of THE MARSEILLE TRILOGY.
