Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director.

Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as Partie de campagne (1936) and La Grande Illusion (1937). In the early part of World War II, Becker was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp for a year. During the Nazi occupation of France, he became a film director in his own right and he also joined the Comité de libération du cinéma français. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'or held in high esteem among film critics.

Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

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Personal Details

• Born: 1906-09-15 in Paris, France
• Known For: Directing

Jacques Becker Movies List

Looking for Jacques Becker movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• Grand Illusion (1937)
• A Day in the Country (1946)
• Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
• The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
• Life Is Ours (1936)
• Le Bled (1929)
• Chotard and Co. (1933)
• Pitiless Gendarme (1935)
• Cinéastes de notre temps : Jacques Becker (1967)
• On the Set of 'Casque D'Or' (1951)

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