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Marseille has been the setting for many films, produced mostly in France or Hollywood.
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Marseille has been the setting for many films, produced mostly in France or Hollywood.
Marcel Paul Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film.
The history of French animation is one of the longest in the world, as France has created some of the earliest animated films dating back to the late 19th century, and invented many of the foundational technologies of early animation.
Jacques Deray was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime and thriller films.
Bruno Jean Marie Cremer was a French actor best known for portraying Jules Maigret on French television, from 1991 to 2005.
André Hunebelle was a French maître verrier and film director.
Marcel Bozzuffi was a French film actor. He appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film The French Connection. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian.
Vladimir Cosma is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist.
Jean Wiener was a French pianist and composer.
Pierre Larquey was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1913 and 1962. Born in Cénac, Gironde, France, he died in Maisons-Laffitte at the age of 77.
Jacques Dynam was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1942 and 2004, among which the Fantomas saga.
Paul Antoine Alphonse Bisciglia was a French film actor.
Pierre Collet was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1943 and 1977.
Marc Eyraud was a French film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1956 and 1995.
Didier Decoin is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977.
Annick Alane was a French film, television, and theatre actress from Carnac.
Jean-Marie Hunebelle, known professionally as Jean Halain, born 14 January 1920 in Paris, died 14 September 2000 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, was a French film screenwriter.
Henri Attal was a French actor.
Milly Mathis was a French actress who appeared in more than 100 films during her career. Born on September 8, 1901, as Emilienne Pauline Tomasini in Marseilles, France, she made her film debut with a small, uncredited role in the 1927 German film, Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney. Most of her parts would be in featured or supporting roles. Her final performance would be in a featured role in French film, Business (1960). She was also an occasional performer on France's legitimate stage. She died on March 30, 1965, in Salon-de-Provence, France, and was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Pierre in Marseilles.
Albert Dinan was a French film actor. He appeared in more than ninety films and television series during his career.
Robert Castel was a French actor.