The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964
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The film is a version of Demy's autobiographical notebooks, an account of Demy's childhood and his lifelong love of theatre and cinema. Varda paid homage to her husband in Jacquot de Nantes, Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans (1993), and L’Univers de Jacques Demy (1995). Demy died on October 27, 1990, at the age of 59.
Jun 18, 2024 · Jacques Demy (born June 5, 1931, Pont-Château, France—died Oct. 27, 1990, Paris) was a French director best known for his romantic musical-comedy films. Demy studied for two years at France’s Technical School of Photography and Cinematography and then was an assistant to animator Paul Grimault (1952–54) and to director Georges Roquier ...
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Jacques Demy (1931-1990) Jacques Demy. Jacques Demy was born on 5 June 1931 in Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), A Room in Town (1982) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). He was married to Agnès Varda. He died on 27 October 1990 in Paris, France.
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Oct 30, 1990 · Jacques Demy, the French master of musical comedies best known for his 1963 film "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" (' 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg' '), died on Saturday. He was 59 years old.
Jacques Demy - famous French film director. Jacques Demy is remembered as one of the most accessible filmmakers of the French New Wave, the pivotal filmmaking movement of the 1960’s. The director of 21 films, his experimentation as a director was based deeply in the whimsical Hollywood Golden Age, and its colorful musicals and fantasy films ...
Jacques Demy. Director: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Jacques Demy was born on 5 June 1931 in Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) and A Room in Town (1982). He was married to Agnès Varda. He died on 27 October 1990 in Paris, France.
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May 22, 2003 · Demy contributed interviews for Varda’s Jacquot de Nantes (Jacquot, 1991), a biographical feature on his boyhood dreams and film projects, but he died of leukemia in October, 1990, shortly before the film’s release.
