Jacques Séverac (1902–1982) was a French
film director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...
and
screenwriter
A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...
. He directed 21 films between 1928 and 1962. His film ''
Children of the Sun'' was entered into the
1962 Cannes Film Festival
The 15th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 23 May 1962. Japanese writer and diplomat Tetsurō Furukaki served as jury president for the main competition.
The Palme d'Or went to the '' O Pagador de Promessas'' (''Keeper of Promises'') by ...
.
Selected filmography
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Colomba'' (1933)
* ''
The Imberger Mystery'' (1935)
* ''
The Forsaken'' (1937)
* ''
Goodbye Vienna
''Goodbye Vienna'' (French: ''Adieu Vienne'') is a 1939 French musical film directed by Jacques Séverac and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Lee Parry and Rolla Norman.https://www.unifrance.org/film/42087/adieu-vienne It received a very limited release ...
'' (1939)
* ''
White Patrol
''White Patrol'' (French: ''Patrouille blanche'') is a 1942 French mystery thriller film directed by Christian Chamborant and starring Sessue Hayakawa, Junie Astor and Paul Azaïs. Kennedy-Karpat p.168 Production began in 1939 but was delayed by ...
'' (1942)
* ''
White Wings'' (1943)
* ''
The Renegade'' (1948)
* ''
Children of the Sun'' (1962)
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1902 births
1982 deaths
French film directors
French male screenwriters
20th-century French screenwriters
20th-century French male writers
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