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Birth Name: Jacques Louis Raymond Marcel Demy
Born: 5 June 1931 Died: 27 October 1990
Country of origin: 
France
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Agnès Varda
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The Idiot's Guide To Famous (Classic) Filmmakers
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Published 13 years, 3 months ago 
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Festival de Cannes - The Jury
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Published 15 years, 1 month ago
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Midnight Sun Film Festival's Main Guests
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Published 14 years, 1 month ago
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Directors I Regard Highly
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Published 9 years, 8 months ago
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Jacques Demy was a French director, lyricist and screenwriter. He appeared at the height of the French New Wave alongside contemporaries like Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut. Demy's films are celebrated for their visual style, which drew upon diverse sources such as classic Hollywood musicals, the plein-air realism of his French New Wave colleagues, fairy tales, jazz, Japanese manga and the opera. His films contain overlapping continuity (i.e., characters cross over from film to film), lush musical scores (typically composed by Michel Legrand) and motifs like teenage love, labor rights, chance encounters, incest, and the
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1. The 400 Blows (1959)
| Rating: | 918 Watched |
2. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
| Rating: | 348 Watched |
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1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
| Rating: | 348 Watched |
2. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
| Rating: | 142 Watched |
3. Lola (1961)
| Rating: | 101 Watched |
4. Donkey Skin (1970)
| Rating: | 82 Watched |
5. Bay of Angels (1963)
| Rating: | 40 Watched |
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1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
| Rating: | 348 Watched |
2. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
| Rating: | 142 Watched |
3. Lola (1961)
| Rating: | 101 Watched |
4. Donkey Skin (1970)
| Rating: | 82 Watched |
5. Bay of Angels (1963)
| Rating: | 40 Watched |
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1. Graffiti 60 (2004)
| Rating: | 9 Watched |
2. Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980)
| Rating: | 9 Watched |
3. Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
| Rating: | 8 Watched |
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5. Le grand échiquier (1972)
| Rating: | 6 Watched |
Music
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1. Break of Day
| Rating: | 3 Watched |
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Directors I Regard Highly (15 person items)" Favorite Film Seen (8) The Young Girls of Rochefort - 9/10 Lola - 8/10 A Room in Town - 8/10 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - 7/10 Model Shop - 7/10 Donkey Skin - 6/10 Le bel indifférent - 6/10 The Pied Piper - 6/10"