Abel Gance

★ Directing #3,085

1889 - 1981 (age 92) • Directing

Born: 10/25/1889 in Paris, France

Died: 11/10/1981 (age 92)

Known for: Directing

Abel Gance

★ Directing #3,085

Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927).

Known For

Napoleon

78%

Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

1927

The Fall of the House of Usher

71%

Bar Customer

1928

La Roue

73%

Director

1923

J'Accuse

74%

Director

1919

Austerlitz

66%

Writer

1960

J'Accuse

65%

Director

1938

The Madness of Dr. Tube

52%

Director

1915

Au secours !

67%

Director

1924

Abel Gance et son Napoléon

55%

Self (archival footage)

1984

Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

90%

Self (archive footage)

1978

Spécial cinéma

95%

Self (archive footage)

1974

Bonaparte et la révolution

70%

St. Just (archive footage)

1972

Bonaparte et la révolution

70%

Writer

1972

Bonaparte et la révolution

70%

Director

1972

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite

65%

Self - Interviewee

1968

Omnibus

72%

Self

1967

Marie Tudor

70%

Director

1966

Marie Tudor

70%

Writer

1966

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

59%

Director

1964

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

59%

Screenplay

1964

Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow

60%

Self

1963

Austerlitz

66%

Writer

1960

Austerlitz

66%

Director

1960

Magirama

70%

Director

1958

I Accuse! [Magirama]

Director

1956

Cinépanorama

87%

Self

1956

Tower of Lust

51%

Director

1955

Tower of Lust

51%

Screenplay

1955

Queen Margot

71%

Writer

1954

14 juillet 1953

100%

Director

1954

14 juillet 1953

100%

Editor

1954

Captain Fracasse

67%

Director

1943

Captain Fracasse

67%

Writer

1943

Blind Venus

65%

Director

1941

Blind Venus

65%

Writer

1941

Four Flights to Love

64%

Director

1939