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Jacques Becker
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Director, Screenwriter, First Assistant Director Born: September 15, 1906 in Paris, France Death: February 21, 1960 in Paris, France Biography:An assistant to "Jean Renoir" in the 1930s, Becker co-directed the short "Le Commissaire Est Bon Enfant" with "Pierre Prevert" in 1934. The following year he helmed the five-reel "Tete De Turc", which he later disowned, and in 1939 began "L'Or De Cristobal", which was completed and signed by "Jean Stelli". Thus, Becker's career officially begins in 1942 with "Dernier Atout". Over the next two decades he directed and co-scripted a dozen more films, most notably the classic "Casque D'Or", as well as the romantic dramas "Antoine Et Antoinette" and "Edouard Et Caroline", the crime film "Touchez Pas Au Grisbi" (aka "Grisbi"), and the prisonbreak tale "Le Trou" ("The Hole"). ~ All Movie Guide
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