Jacques Becker Net Worth

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Jacques Becker was a French Writer, Director, and Assistant Director born in Paris on September 15, 1906. He was offered employment in the US by King Vidor, but instead chose to stay in France and assist Jean Renoir. He co-directed a short film in 1934 and directed his first feature film in 1940. His entire output consisted of only 13 films, but they are some of the most artistically and technically substantial in French cinema. He was revered by the New Wave for his masterpieces, Casque d'or (1952) and Le trou (1960), as well as his lesser films, such as Antoine et Antoinette (1947) and Édouard et Caroline (1951). His Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) was a gangster film that influenced subsequent série noire French films. He was married to French stage and screen actress Françoise Fabian and was the father of director Jean Becker.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it?	Writer, Director, Assistant Director
Birth Day	September 15, 1906
Birth Place	Paris, France, France
Age	114 YEARS OLD
Died On	21 February 1960(1960-02-21) (aged 53)\nParis, France
Birth Sign	Libra
Occupation	Screenwriter Film director
Years active	1935–1960
Notable work	Casque d'Or Le Trou Touchez pas au grisbi
Spouse(s)	Françoise Fabian

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1930

Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to Director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as La Grande Illusion (1938) and The Rules of the Game (1939). Part of the Comité de libération du cinéma français, the Nazis held Becker in prison for a year during the German occupation of France in World War II. During the occupation, he became a Director in his own right. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'Or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'Or held in high esteem among film critics.

1960

Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.

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