Jean Tedesco (1895–1958) was a French film director,
film critic
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and
screenwriter
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...
. Chief editor of the ''Cinéa'' magazine he also was managing director of the
théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
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between 1924 and 1934 where he showed
avant-garde
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films during the 1920s.
''En route vers le parlant: histoire d'une évolution technologique''
Martin Barnier, Editions du CEFAL, 2002,
Filmography (selection)
* 1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
: ''Napoléon Bonaparte, empereur des Français'' (documentary)
* 1951 : ''L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle'' (after Tristan Bernard
Tristan Bernard (7 September 1866 – 7 December 1947) was a French playwright, novelist, journalist and lawyer.
Life
He studied law, and after his military service, he started his career as the manager of an aluminium smelter. In the 1890s, ...
) (short film)
* 1951 : ' (short)
* 1948 : ' with Charles Dechamps
Charles Dechamps (13 September 1882 – 25 September 1959) was a French stage and film actor. He married the comedian Fernande Albany on 19 November 1925. He died in 1959, and was buried at cimetière du Père-Lachaise.
Filmography
* 1909: ' ...
* 1946 : ''Comédie avant Molière'' (short)
* 1945
1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
Januar ...
: ' (short)
* 1943
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
* January 4 – ...
: ' (documentary)
* 1941 : ''Sur les chemins de Lamartine'' (documentary)
* 1937 : ''Panoramas au fil de l'eau''
* 1931 : ''Amour et quadrille''
* 1928 : ''The Little Match Girl
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'' (co director : Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir (; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent film, silent era to the end of the 1960s. ...
)
Bibliography
* ''Le Cinéma'', Jean Tédesco, 1933
References
External links
Cinema-francais.fr
Cineressources.net
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French film directors
French film critics
20th-century French screenwriters
Film directors from London
1895 births
1959 deaths