Jacques Demy

ActorWriterDirectorProducerSound Jun 5 (died age 59) Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France 1941–2024 (83 year career)

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Biography

Jacques Demy (June 5, 1931 – October 27, 1990) was a French director and screenwriter. He appeared in the wake of the French New Wave. His films are well known for their sumptuous look, drawing on Hollywood musicals, fairy tales, jazz, and opera.

Known For

Film

The 400 Blows

Policier (non crédité)

Film

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)

Film

The Young Girls of Rochefort

Director

Film

Donkey Skin

Director

Film

Lola

Director

Film

The Beaches of Agnès

Self (archive footage)

Film

Bay of Angels

Director

Film

Jacquot

Jacques Demy (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (40)

Movies (33)

Jacques Demy: The Pink and the Black

2024

as Self

7.2

Viva Varda!

2023

as Self (archive footage)

8.1

Deneuve, la reine Catherine

2022

7.8

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

2021

as Self (archive footage)

3.7

Jim Morrison: The End

2021

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

7.4

Hommage à Michel Legrand et Jacques Demy au festival Sœurs Jumelles

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

2018

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

7.0

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure

2018

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Dans les coulisses: le tournage de 'Trois Places pour le 26'

2013

as Self (Archive Footage)

Catherine Deneuve, belle et bien là

2010

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Sodankylä Forever

2010

as Self

The Beaches of Agnès

2008

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Souvenirs and Evocations

2008

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

2008

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Some Widows of Noirmoutier

2006

as Self (archive footage)

9.5

Mag Bodard, un destin

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Tribute to Zgougou the Cat

2002

as Self

6.9

The World of Jacques Demy

1995

as Self (archive footage)

6.8

The Young Girls Turn 25

1993

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

Jacquot

1991

as Jacques Demy (uncredited)

7.5

Women Are Naturally Creative: Agnès Varda

1977

as Self

8.0

Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane

1970

as Self

The Birth of Children of Paradise

1967

as Self

Behind the screens : Jacques Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort - Les décors

1966

as Self

Behind the screens : Les demoiselles de Rochefort

1966

as Self

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

as Le client égaré / Le serveur (singing voice)

7.4

La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

1964

as Self

6.0

Paris Belongs to Us

1961

as Tied Woman's friend (uncredited)

6.6

Ars

1960

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

5.7

The 400 Blows

1959

as Policier (non crédité)

Le Bel Indifférent

as (voice)

Dead Horizons

as Young man

Jacques Demy, A to Z

Television (7)

Un film et son époque

2003

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Nulle part ailleurs

1987

as Self

5.6

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

as Self

6.0

Spécial cinéma

1974

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

1972

as Self

8.0

Behind the Screen

1966

as Self

Discorama

1959

as Self

Crew (64)

Movies (64)

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

2015

Author

8.7

The Young Girls of Rochefort

2004

Original Story

Jacquot

1991

Author

7.5

Three Seats for the 26th

1988

Director

5.6

Three Seats for the 26th

Writer

Turning Table

Director

Turning Table

Writer

Parking

Director

Parking

Screenplay

A Room in Town

Director

A Room in Town

Screenplay

Break of Day

Director

Break of Day

Screenplay

Lady Oscar

Adaptation

Lady Oscar

Director

Lady Oscar

Screenplay

A Slightly Pregnant Man

1973

Director

5.7

A Slightly Pregnant Man

Writer

The Pied Piper

Director

The Pied Piper

Writer

Donkey Skin

Director

Donkey Skin

Lyricist

Donkey Skin

Screenplay

Model Shop

Dialogue

Model Shop

Director

Model Shop

Producer

Model Shop

Writer

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967

Director

7.7

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967

Lyricist

7.7

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967

Writer

7.7

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

Dialogue

7.4

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

Director

7.4

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

Lyricist

7.4

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

Scenario Writer

7.4

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

Screenplay

7.4

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

Songs

7.4

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Writer

Bay of Angels

Director

Bay of Angels

Screenplay

The Seven Deadly Sins

1962

Director

5.7

The Seven Deadly Sins

Screenplay

Lust

Director

Lust

Screenplay

Lola

Director

Lola

Screenplay

Ars

Director

Ars

Writer

Le Bel Indifférent

Director

Musée Grévin

Director

La Mère et l'Enfant

1958

Director

5.0

The Wedding in Monaco

1956

Assistant Director

6.2

Le Sabotier du Val de Loire

1956

Director

6.8

Le Sabotier du Val de Loire

Screenplay

Dead Horizons

Director

Attaque nocturne

Animation

Attaque nocturne

Director

Attaque nocturne

Writer

Un regard sur la Hollande

1946

Director

La Ballerine

Animation

La Ballerine

Director

La Ballerine

Writer

Le pont de Mauves

Animation

Le pont de Mauves

Director

Le pont de Mauves

Writer