Christian-Jaque
Film director
1904 – 1994
Who was Christian-Jaque?
Christian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including "Lucrece Borgia", "Madame Du Barry", and "Nana".
Christian-Jaque's 1946 film A Lover's Return was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. He won the Best Director award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival for his popular swashbuckler Fanfan la Tulipe. At the 2nd Berlin International Film Festival, he won the Silver Bear award for the same film. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.
Christian-Jaque began his motion picture career in the 1920s as an art director and production designer. By the early 1930s, he had moved into screenwriting and directing. He continued working into the mid-1980s, though from 1970 on, most of his work was done for television. In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the 11th Moscow International Film Festival.
Christian-Jaque was born in Paris. He died at Boulogne-Billancourt in 1994.
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- Born
- Sep 4, 1904
Paris - Also known as
- Christian Maudet
- Christian Jacque
- Christian-Jacque
- Christian Jaque
- Christian-Albert-François Maudet
- Parents
- Spouses
- Martine Carol
(1954/07/15 - 1959/05/13) - Renée Faure
(1947/02/18 - 1953/07/15) - Christiane Delyne
- Denise Morlot
(1992 - 1994/07/08) - Laurence Christol
(1961/11/24 - 1983/10/02) - Simone Renant
(1940/06/19 - 1944/05/11) - Germaine Spy
(1931/02/03 - 1938/07/12)
- Martine Carol
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 8, 1994
Boulogne-Billancourt - Resting place
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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