Louis Feuillade (February 19, 1873 – February 25, 1925) was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films.
He is primarily known for the serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex.
Louis Feuillade was born in Lunel (Hérault) to a family of modest wine merchants. Just beyond adolescence, he showed a deep interest in literature and created numerous drama and vaudeville projects. H...
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Louis Feuillade (February 19, 1873 – February 25, 1925) was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films.
He is primarily known for the serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex.
Louis Feuillade was born in Lunel (Hérault) to a family of modest wine merchants. Just beyond adolescence, he showed a deep interest in literature and created numerous drama and vaudeville projects. His excessively academic poems were occasionally published in local newspapers, and he acquired a reputation for his articles devoted to bullfighting. He went to Paris in 1898 seeking literary success, but would suffer miserably for several years.
At the beginning of 1905, he started to regularly sell screenplays to Gaumont, and soon got the chance to direct them himself. In 1907, he was appointed artistic director of the company. He would occupy this position until 1918, while at the same time continuing to produce his own films, so that by...
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