Michel-Antoine Carré or Michel Carré (fils) (7 February 1865, Paris – 11 August 1945, Paris) was a French actor, stage and film director, and writer of opera librettos, stage plays and film scripts.

Career

He was the son of the librettist Michel Carré (père) (1821–1872) and cousin of the theatre director

Albert Carré Albert Carré (; born Strasbourg 22 June 1852, died Paris 12 December 1938) was a French theatre director, opera director, actor and librettist. He was the nephew of librettist Michel Carré (1821–1872) and cousin of cinema director Michel Ca ...

(his father's nephew). His libretto for

André Messager André Charles Prosper Messager (; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty , opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet (1 ...

's 1894 opera '' Mirette'' was never performed in France but was performed in an English adaptation in London at the

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. He directed or co-directed some fifty silent films from c1907 to the mid 1920s. Many of these were

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, including ''Ordre du roy'' (1909). His longer notable films included ''

L'Enfant prodigue The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a parable of Jesus in the Bible. The Prodigal Son or Prodigal Son may also refer to: Film * ''L'Enfant prodigue'' (1907 film) (The Prodigal Son), by Michel Carré, based on his play * , a short silent film by ...

'', the first European-made full-length feature film (1907), based on his own stage pantomime of the same name; and '' The Miracle'' (1912), the world's first full-colour narrative feature film. He was one of the main directors at the Société cinématographique des auteurs et gens de lettres (SCAGL), created to protect the rights of authors whose works were used in screenplays. He was created chevalier of the French

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

in 1927''Dossier dans l'ordre de la Légion d'honneur de Michel Antoine Carré''
rchive base Léonore, Ministère français de la Culture (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2018.

Works

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1907) (scriptwriter & director) * ''

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'' (1912) (scriptwriter) * '' The Miracle'' (1912) (director) * ''

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'' (1936) (scriptwriter)

References

External links

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