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Marcel Carné
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Director, Screenwriter Born: August 18, 1909 in Paris, France Death: October 31, 1996 in Clamart, France Biography:Between 1936 and 1946, "Marcel Carné" was among the chief proponents of poetic realism, a studio-bound film style that combined theatrical themes with elaborate dialogues which depicted ordinary people attempting to contend with the unalterable nature of destiny. The shadowy fatalism of poetic realism presaged the more popular American film noir. Though the style was created by "Jacques Feyder", with whom Carné apprenticed, it was Carné and poet/screenwriter "Jacques Prévert" who brought it to its full fruition with "Enfants du Paradise" ("Children of Paradise") (1945), a work still considered one of France's greatest films.
Born and raised in Montmarte, Carné was originally slated to work for an insurance agency by his father, a cabinetmaker. Carné, however, was more interested in movies and secretly attended evening classes on cinematography with the Paris city council-sponsored Association... Full Biography
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