Louis Daquin

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-05-30 (72 years old)

Deathday

1980-10-02

Place of Birth

Calais, France

Louis Daquin

Biography

Louis Daquin is a French director and screenwriter, born May 30, 19081 in Calais and died October 2, 1980 in Paris, in a family of small traders. Law graduate and graduate of HEC, after having been a journalist, advertising editor at the Renault factories, and having tried his hand at theatrical writing, Louis Daquin, Louis Léon Auguste Daquin of his full name, became assistant director in 1932, he worked notably with Fedor Ozep, Pierre Chenal, Julien Duvivier, Abel Gance and especially Jean Grémillon. He produced his first film in 1938 with the French version of Gerhard Lamprecht's film Le Joueur. He made several feature films during the Oc...

Acting

1943

Adieu Léonard

as (uncredited)

1973

L'Agression

as Viel homme

1949

The Mark Of The Day

as Cameo (uncredited)

2021

Le Parti du cinéma

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

1937

The Man from Nowhere

as le concierge de l'hôtel

1937

The Man from Nowhere

as (non crédité)

Production

1941

1955

Bel Ami

as Director

1946

Homeland

as Director

1944

First in Line

as Director

1960

The Opportunists

as Director

1941

Stormy Waters

as Assistant Director

1963

1938

Le Joueur

as Director

1939

Nightclub Hostess

as Assistant Director

1937

Lady Killer

as Assistant Director

1949

1946

Homeland

as Screenplay

1945

1949

1943

1949

1951

1960

1955

Bel Ami

as Writer

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