Maud-Lydié Marcelle Leuvielle, better known as Maud Linder (27 June 1924 – 25 October 2017), was a French journalist, film historian and documentary film director.

Life

Maud Linder was born in 1924 as the only daughter of silent film star

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(legal name ''Gabriel Leuvielle'') and his wife Hélène Peters. Her parents both committed suicide in October 1925.This Day in Cinema: This Day in 1925: Silent star Max Linder commits suicide
, moviemail.com, access date 23 January 2015 Raised first by her paternal grandparents, and later by her maternal grandmother, at age 20 she saw one of her father's movies for the first time and decided to make his works accessible to the public again. In 1963, she compiled a film titled ''Laugh with Max Linder'' which premiered at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

and also received the

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. The film was a compilation of her father's last three films made in Hollywood. In 1983 Maud Linder made a documentary film titled ''

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'', about the life and career of her father. It was screened out of competition at the

1983 Cannes Film Festival The 36th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1983. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Narayama Bushiko'' by Shōhei Imamura. In 1983, the new building for the main events of the festival, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaug ...

. In 1992, Maud Linder published a book about Linder in France, ''Max Linder was my father'' and in 2008 she received the Prix Henri Langlois for her work to promote her father's legacy. Linder also worked as a journalist and, in the 1950s and 1960s, as an assistant director, mostly for the filmmaker

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. Linder died on 25 October 2017 at the age of 93.Décès de Maud Linder qui fit redécouvrir son père, le cinéaste Max Linder

Selected filmography

* 1954: Papa, maman, la bonne et moi (assistant director) * 1954: Faites-moi confiance (assistant director) * 1955: Papa, maman, ma femme et moi... (assistant director) * 1961: Par-dessus le mur (assistant director) * 1963: Laugh with Max Linder (''En compagnie de Max Linder'', director and producer) * 1983:

(''L'homme au chapeau de soie'', director, screenwriter and producer) * 2014: The Mystery of the King of Kinema (interview)

Books

* ''Max Linder.'' In: ''Les Dieux du cinéma muet.'' Paris, 1992, Éditions Atlas * ''Max Linder etait mon pere.'' Paris, 1992, Flammarion,

References

External links

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Biography of Maud Linder
(French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Linder, Maud 1924 births 2017 deaths French women journalists French women film directors French women screenwriters French screenwriters