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Georges Franju (1912-1987) was a French filmmaker who made documentaries and fiction films with a surrealist and expressionist style. He co-founded the Cinématheque Française and influenced the French new wave cinema.
Georges Franju (1912-1987) was a French filmmaker and co-founder of the Cinematheque Française. He made documentaries, shorts and features, such as Eyes Without a Face, Judex and Thomas the Impostor, with a distinctive style influenced by surrealism and expressionism.
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- Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
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- Paris, France
Learn about Georges Franju, a French director who made short documentaries on various topics, such as slaughterhouses, monuments, and salmon. He also co-founded the Cinémathèque Française and the international federation of film archives.
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Georges Franju est un réalisateur français, né en 1912 et mort en 1987, connu pour ses courts métrages documentaires et ses films d'horreur. Il a aussi participé à la création de la Cinémathèque française et à l'affaire Ben Barka.
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- Georges Auguste René Franju
Georges Franju is a figure of immense importance in the history of French cinema, not primarily for his films (exceptional though many of these are) but for being the co-founder, with Henri Langlois, of the Cinematheque Française in 1937--France's most famous and important film archive.
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- November 5, 1987
Feb 5, 2020 · Sixty years on, one of the chilliest things about Georges Franju's landmark of surgical horror, Eyes without a Face, is its setting in colourless hinterlands on the edge of Paris.
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Aug 4, 2023 · Among the countless pioneers who revolutionised French cinema during the 20th century, one of the most interesting artistic voices belonged to Georges Franju.
