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Jacques Prévert

1900 - 1977 (age 77) • Writing

Born: 2/4/1900 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Died: 4/11/1977 (age 77)

Known for: Writing

Jacques Prévert

Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945).

Known For

Children of Paradise

80%

Screenplay

1945

The King and the Mockingbird

78%

Screenplay

1980

Port of Shadows

74%

Screenplay

1938

Daybreak

76%

Writer

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

67%

Screenplay

1956

The Crime of Monsieur Lange

71%

Dialogue

1936

The Devil's Envoys

68%

Screenplay

1942

Stormy Waters

67%

Dialogue

1941

Café da Manhã

100%

Writer

2022

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

10%

Self (archive footage)

2020

Two Snails Set Off

61%

Original Story

2017

So Many Forests

70%

Poem

2014

S'il n'en reste qu'un, nous serons ces deux-là

70%

Self (archive footage)

2013

Bulles de Vian

50%

Self (archive footage)

2009

Les Enfants du Paradis

Scenario Writer

2008

Arletty, Lady Paname

60%

Self (archive footage)

2007

Escargots

Writer

2006

Drôle d'oiseau

70%

Self (archive footage)

2003

The King and the Mockingbird

78%

Screenplay

1980

The King and the Mockingbird

78%

Dialogue

1980

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

90%

Self (archive footage)

1978

Breakfast

Original Concept

1976

The World at a Glance

70%

Writer

1975

The Dog Who Loved Music

71%

Writer

1973

The Diamond

74%

Writer

1970

The Diamond

74%

Lyricist

1970

The Ferryman's House

Writer

1966

Little Claus and Big Claus

69%

Dialogue

1964

Little Claus and Big Claus

69%

Adaptation

1964

Little Claus and Big Claus

69%

Story

1964

Little Claus and Big Claus

69%

Screenplay

1964

The Small Tent

60%

Narrator

1963

The Small Tent

60%

Writer

1963

Famous Love Affairs

44%

Adaptation

1961

Dream of the Wild Horses

80%

Voice

1960

Paris la belle

70%

(voice)

1960