French filmmaker Marcel Pagnol began his career as an English teacher in the Marseilles region; in his free time he continued, as he had done since he was 15, to write plays. In 1922, he began teaching in Paris. While he'd had several of his plays produced in Marseilles, he was pleased and surprised to discover that Parisian theaters were also interested in his work; he soon abandoned teaching to become a full-time playwright. During the late '20s when his career was at its peak with plays such as Topaze and Marius, Pagnol decided to make 'talkies', and founded his own studio. As he regarded films as useful medium only for recording stage plays and making them available to a wider audience, Pagnol's films were straightforward chronicles of stage plays. Because he only recorded the best of the best from Southern France, his work was popular. In addition to directing and playwrighting, Pagnol also wrote screenplays for film adaptations of his plays for other directors such as Alexander Korda.
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The Well-Digger's Daughter
From Screenplay by |
2011 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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My Father's Glory
Book Author |
1990 | |||
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My Mother's Castle
Book Author |
1990 | |||
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Jean de Florette
Book Author |
1986 | |||
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Manon of the Spring
Book Author |
1986 | |||
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Le Curé De Cucugnan
Director |
1967 | |||
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Fanny
Book Author |
1961 | |||
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I Like Money
Play Author |
1961 | |||
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Playhouse 90: Topaze
Play Author |
1957 | |||
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Les Lettres de Mon Moulin
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1954 | |||
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Carnival
Producer, Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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Manon des Sources
Director, Screenwriter |
1952 | |||
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The Prize
Producer, Screenwriter |
1952 | |||
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Topaze
Director, Play Author |
1951 | |||
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The Ways of Love
Director |
1950 | |||
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La Belle Meuniere
Director |
1948 | |||
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The Pretty Miller Girl
Director |
1948 | |||
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Nais
Director, Screenwriter |
1945 | |||
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La Fille Du Puisatier
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
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Le Schpountz
Director, Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Port of Seven Seas
Play Author |
1938 | |||
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The Baker's Wife
Director, Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Regain
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Cigalon
Director |
1935 | |||
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César
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Merlusse
Director |
1935 | |||
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Topaze
Play Author |
1935 | |||
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Angele
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Jofroi
Director |
1933 | |||
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Le Gendre De Monsieur Poirier
Director |
1933 | |||
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Topaze
Play Author |
1933 | |||
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Fanny
Book Author, Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Zum Goldnen Anker
Play Author |
1932 | |||
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Marius
Play Author, Producer, Screenwriter |
1931 |
