Abel Gance

Abel Gance

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/10/1889

Day of Death

10/11/1981
(92) years old

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Biography

Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927). He was born in Paris in 1889. In 1909, he acted in his first film. He also wrote ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1984

Abel Gance et son Napoléon

as Self (archival footage)

1972

Bonaparte et la révolution

as St. Just (archive footage)

1968

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

as Self - Interviewee

1935

Napoléon Bonaparte

as Saint-Just

1931

The End of the World

as Jean Novalic

1927

Napoleon

as Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

1923

Around The Wheel

as Self

1923

La Roue

as Self

1910

Molière

as Molière jeune

Crew

1964

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

as Director

1964

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

as Screenplay

1958

Magirama

as Director

1956

I Accuse! [Magirama]

as Director

1955

Tower of Lust

as Director

1955

Tower of Lust

as Screenplay

1954

Queen Margot

as Writer

1954

14 juillet 1953

as Director

1954

14 juillet 1953

as Editor

1943

Captain Fracasse

as Director

1943

Captain Fracasse

as Writer

1941

Blind Venus

as Writer

1941

Blind Venus

as Director

1939

Four Flights to Love

as Director

1939

Four Flights to Love

as Screenplay

1939

Louise

as Director

1938

The Woman Thief

as Director

1938

I Accuse

as Director

1938

I Accuse

as Writer

1935

Lucrezia Borgia

as Director

1935

Lucrezia Borgia

as Writer

1935

Napoléon Bonaparte

as Director

1935

Napoléon Bonaparte

as Editor

1935

Napoléon Bonaparte

as Screenplay

1934

La Dame aux camélias

as Director

1934

La Dame aux camélias

as Producer

1934

Poliche

as Director

1933

The Ironmaster

as Screenplay

1933

Mater Dolorosa

as Writer

1933

Mater Dolorosa

as Director

1931

The End of the World

as Director

1931

The End of the World

as Screenplay

1928

Marines et cristeaux

as Director

1927

Napoleon

as Director

1927

Napoleon

as Writer

1927

Napoleon

as Editor

1924

Au secours !

as Director

1924

Au secours !

as Producer

1924

Au secours !

as Writer

1923

La Roue

as Writer

1923

La Roue

as Director

1923

La Roue

as Editor

1923

La Roue

as Producer

1923

Tillers of the Soil

as Producer

1919

J'accuse

as Director

1919

J'accuse

as Screenplay

1919

J'accuse

as Editor

1918

The Tenth Symphony

as Director

1918

The Tenth Symphony

as Writer

1917

The Zone of Death

as Director

1917

The Zone of Death

as Writer

1917

Barberousse

as Writer

1917

Barberousse

as Director

1917

The Torture of Silence

as Director

1917

The Right to Life

as Director

1917

The Right to Life

as Writer

1916

Deadly Gas

as Director

1916

Deadly Gas

as Writer

1916

Le fou de la falaise

as Director

1916

Le périscope

as Writer

1916

Le périscope

as Director

1915

L'héroïsme de Paddy

as Director

1914

L'infirmière

as Writer

1912

The Mask of Horror

as Director

1912

The Mask of Horror

as Screenplay

1911

La Digue

as Writer

1911

La Digue

as Director

1910

Molière

as Writer

1910

Jephté's Daughter

as Writer