Ferdinand Zecca

ActorDirectorWriterProducerCrew Feb 19 (died age 79) Paris, France 1899–2014 (115 year career)

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Biography

Ferdinand Zecca (19 February 1864 – 23 March 1947) was a pioneer French film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He worked primarily for the Pathé company, first in artistic endeavors then in administration of the internationally based company.

Known For

Film

The Red Spectre

Director

Film

The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

Director

Film

History of a Crime

5.8 1901

Film

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Director

Film

Le Voleur invisible

Director

Film

What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor

Director

Film

Excursion to the Moon

Other

Film

Dream and Reality

Director

Filmography

Acting (14)

Movies (14)

El hombre que quiso ser Segundo

2014

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Cinematógrafo 1900

1979

as Self (archive footage)

4.5

Paris 1900

1948

as Self (archive footage)

5.3

Those of Our Land

1915

as Self

6.3

Rigadin in the Balkans

Marvellous Reversing

Dream of the Moon

as Le pochard

The Car and the Cripple

The Marvelous Hen

as Magician

Conquering the Skies

History of a Crime

The Illusionist

as The Illusionist

An Idyll Under a Tunnel

1901

4.0

Glamor Hornsby

as School Girl #3

Crew (90)

Movies (90)

The Martyrdom of a Queen

1919

Director

Tears of Forgiveness

1919

Director

The Old Tragedian

1915

Director

L'étoile du génie

1914

Director

L'étoile du génie

1914

Scenario Writer

La danse héroïque

1914

Director

Struggle for Life

Director

Struggle for Life

Screenplay

La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ

1914

Director

5.0

Boireau swordsman

1913

Producer

When Paris Loves

Director

Gold Fever

Director

Le caprice du vainqueur

1910

Director

Slippery Jim

Director

Cleopatra

Director

La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine

1910

Director

Le Voleur invisible

1909

Director

6.4

Fishing for Crocodiles

1909

Director

Miniature Theatre

1909

Writer

5.4

Excursion to the Moon

1908

Other

5.3

Samson and Delilah

1908

Co-Director

Life and Passion of Christ

1907

Director

6.3

Cinderella or the Glass Slipper

1907

Producer

5.4

Cinderella or the Glass Slipper

1907

Production Supervisor

The Red Spectre

Director

Max Learns to Skate

Producer

Métempsycose

Director

Jealousy and Madness

Director

The Pearl Fisherman

Director

Fun After the Wedding

Director

The Regret

Director

Whence Does He Come?

Director

The Incendiary

Co-Director

The Incendiary

1905

Director

Vendetta!!

Director

Marvellous Reversing

Director

Dream of the Moon

Director

Scenes of Convict Life

1905

Director

4.0

The Car and the Cripple

1905

Director

A Father's Honor

Director

Revolution in Russia

Director

The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels

1905

Director

Down in the Coal Mines

1905

Director

5.4

Les Apaches de Paris

1905

Director

The Wrong Door

Director

The Strike

Director

Le mitron

Director

Puss In Boots

Director

La Vie d'un joueur

Director

La Vie d'un joueur

1903

Screenplay

The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

1903

Director

6.5

Jésus et la samaritaine

1903

Director

Don Quichotte

1903

Director

5.1

How Monsieur Takes His Bath

1903

Director

4.6

Jésus est présenté au peuple

1903

Director

Jésus parmi les docteurs

1903

Director

Alcohol and Its Victims

1902

Director

4.8

Alcohol and Its Victims

Writer

The Fairy of Spring

Director

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

1902

Director

5.9

Jésus devant Pilate

1902

Director

Ingenious Soubrette

1902

Director

7.0

Samson and Delilah

1902

Director

The Marvelous Hen

Director

Nos bons moines

Director

Extraordinary Fishing

1902

Director

Jésus succombe sous sa croix

1902

Director

The Dog and the Pipe

1902

Director

5.0

The Martinique Disaster

1902

Director

4.5

Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple

1902

Director

Jésus au jardin des oliviers

1902

Director

Nuit terrible

Director

Conquering the Skies

Director

Drama at the Bottom of the Sea

1901

Director

4.7

A Political Discussion

1901

Director

4.3

The Fantastic Plunger

1901

Director

4.4

Quo Vadis?

1901

Director

What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor

Director

Dream and Reality

Director

The Prodigal Son

Director

Scenes From My Balcony

Director

History of a Crime

Director

History of a Crime

Writer

The Seven Castles of the Devil

1901

Director

5.7

The Illusionist

1901

Director

A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)

1901

Director

Impossible To Get a Plunge

1901

Director

An Idyll Under a Tunnel

1901

Director

4.0

Les méfaits d'une tête de veau

1899

Director

Exécution en Chine

Director