Jacques Becker

Born September 15, 1906· Paris, France

† Died February 21, 1960

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Born into a Parisian upper-middle-class family, Becker studied at the Lycées Condorcet and Carnot before entering the École Bréguet, and early in his career he became Jean Renoir’s assistant on nine films, also appearing in small parts such as La Grande Illusion. After an aborted 1939 project, he directed his first full-length feature, Dernier Atout, in occupied France, where he joined a resistanc…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

Filmography

Also behind the camera

The films and series they directed.