Jacques Prévert

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-02-04 (77 years old)

Deathday

1977-04-11

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Jacques Prévert

Biography

Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945).

Acting

1933

Ciboulette

as The Donkey

1960

Paris la belle

as (voice)

1951

Bim, the Little Donkey

as Narrator (voice)

2007

Arletty, Lady Paname

as Self (archive footage)

1963

The Small Tent

as Narrator

1930

L'Âge d'or

as Passer-by in the Street (uncredited)

1934

L'Atalante

as Passenger at Railway Station (uncredited)

2009

Bulles de Vian

as Self (archive footage)

2003

Drôle d'oiseau

as Self (archive footage)

1950

Life Begins Tomorrow

as Self (uncredited)

2020

1932

It's in the Bag

as Le flûtiste (uncredited)

Production

1945

1942

The Devil's Envoys

as Screenplay

2008

Les Enfants du Paradis

as Scenario Writer

1936

Jenny

as Screenplay

1950

Lost Souvenirs

as Scenario Writer

1947

The Little Soldier

as Storyboard

2006

Escargots

as Writer

1960

1943

Summer Light

as Writer

1951

1945

The Bellman

as Dialogue

1961

Famous Love Affairs

as Adaptation

1932

It's in the Bag

as Screenplay

1947

1937

Bizarre, Bizarre

as Screenplay

1951

Fanfares of Love

as Original Film Writer

1947

Noah's Ark

as Writer

1946

Gates of the Night

as Screenplay

1963

1939

Daybreak

as Writer

1947

Mystery Tour

as Writer

1938

Boys' School

as Writer

1928

1943

Adieu Léonard

as Screenplay

1970

The Diamond

as Writer

2017

Two Snails Set Off

as Original Story

1941

Stormy Waters

as Scenario Writer

1941

Stormy Waters

as Dialogue

1932

Ténérife

as Writer

1958

1938

Port of Shadows

as Screenplay

1970

The Diamond

as Lyricist

1945

The Bellman

as Writer

2014

1957

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