Maurice Cam (1901–1974) was a French

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He directed fourteen films between 1939 and 1967 as well as working as

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and other various jobs in the film industry. Cam was originally an

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, who worked on

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. Cam made his directoral debut with the 1939 thriller '' Metropolitan'', set partly on the

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. The film was a hit, and was remade the following year in Britain as ''

A Window in London ''A Window in London'' is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Michael Redgrave, Patricia Roc, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas and Hartley Power. It is a remake of the French film ''Metropolitan (1939 film), Metropolitan'' ...

''.Hodgson p.37

Selected filmography

* '' Metropolitan'' (1939) * ''

Bifur 3 ''Bifur 3'' is a 1945 French drama film directed by Maurice Cam and starring René Dary, Raymond Aimos and Martine Carol. Shooting first began on the film in 1939, but delays due to the Second World War and the Occupation of France meant it wasn't ...

'' (1945) * ''

La Taverna della libertà ''La taverna della libertà'' (lit. The Tavern of Freedom) is a 1950 Italian film directed by Maurice Cam. It is often presented as a remake of the 1949 French film ''Drame au Vel'd'Hiv','' also directed by Cam but the films, both set during the wa ...

'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950)

References

Bibliography

* Hodgson, Michael. ''Patricia Roc''. Author House, 2013. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1901 births 1974 deaths French film directors Mass media people from Marseille French people of Italian descent {{France-film-director-stub