Marco de Gastyne
Film director
1889 – 1982
Who was Marco de Gastyne?
Marc Henri Benoist better known as Marco de Gastyne was a French painter, illustrator and later film director of more than fifteen films.
After studying painting, he worked at la Villa Médicis from 1911 to 1913. He also became an illustrator for the French journal La Baïonnette. Then he turned to cinema directing more than a dozen films between 1922 and 1962. His debut film co-directed with Franz Toussaint was Inch'Allah in 1922. His most known film is La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc which he directed in 1929.
He discovered Dalida and promoted her in his film Le Masque de Toutankhamon in 1954.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1889
Paris - Parents
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- Died
- Nov 8, 1982
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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