Abel Gance
Actor | Director | Writer | Editor | Screenplay
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). He was born in Paris in 1889. In 1909, he acted in his first film. He also wrote scenarios, and often sold them to Gaumont. During this period he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, fatal at the time, but he recovered. In 1911, with some friends he established a production company, L...
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Birth: Oct 25, 1889
Date of Death: Nov 10, 1981
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