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Guy du Fresnay

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Occupation
  
Years active
  
1918—1923


Name
  
Guy Fresnay

Role
  
Film director

Guy du Fresnay

Born
  
23 November 1877 (
1877-11-23
)
France

Died
  
September 20, 1937, France

Movies
  
L'Ami des montagnes, Les Ailes s'ouvrent, Margot

Guy Du Fresnay was a French writer and silent film director best known for his silent films of the late 1910s and early 1920s. He was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1919.

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He is the descendant of French writer Maria Du Fresnay and of French knight Ange Du Fresnay, as well as the ancestor of French essayist and economist Philippe Du Fresnay.

Biography

He started as a writer before turning scenarist then eventually film director.

He worked notably for the Gaumont Film Company.

Filmography

  • Démon du foyer, Le (1912)
  • Jardin du pirate, Le (1918)
  • Cathédrale merveilleuse, La (1918)
  • De la coupe aux lèvres (1920)
  • Ami des montagnes, L' (1920)
  • Ailes s'ouvrent, Les (1921)
  • Margot (1922)
  • Frou-Frou (1923)
  • References

    Guy du Fresnay Wikipedia


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