Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy ( born June 5, 1931 in Pontchâteau, † October 27th 1990 in Paris) was a French film director.

Life and work

His biggest success was the film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which meant the international breakthrough for the actress Catherine Deneuve and 1964 at the Film Festival of Cannes, won the Grand Prix. " Demy's shameless favoritism cheerful nostalgia is in contrast to the beliefs of his contemporaries, whose work is much more political, but he shares with them the knowledgeable love of cinema, which is reflected in his work in quotations ..., and his mastery of film technique is perfect. "

Jacques Demy was married from 1962 until his death with the director Agnès Varda. He died in 1990 of AIDS.

Filmography

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