Jules Dassin
Born in Middletown, Connecticut, USA — Dec 18 1911• Died Mar 31 2008
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Julius "Jules" Dassin (December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He was a subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, and subsequently moved to France, where he revived his career. Dassin quickly became better known for his noir films Brute Force (1947), The Naked City (1948), and Thieves' Highway (1949), which helped him to become "one of the leading American filmmakers of the postwar era." Dassin's most influential film was Rififi (1955), an early…
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Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Brute Force
Directing
Circle of Two
Directing
Night and the City
Directing
Topkapi
Turkish Cop (uncredited)
The Naked City
Directing
Rififi
Cesar le Milanais
Phaedra
Christos (uncredited)
Nazi Agent
Directing
Reunion in France
Directing
Uptight
Directing
Thieves' Highway
Man in Freight Elevator (uncredited)
The Canterville Ghost
Directing
The Affairs of Martha
Directing
He Who Must Die
Directing
Never on Sunday
Homer Thrace
The Law
Directing
Young Ideas
Directing
Crack in the Mirror
Writing
The Rehearsal
Directing
Filmmakers in Action
Self
A Dream of Passion
Production
Two Smart People
Directing
A Letter for Evie
Directing
Buzz
Survival 1967
Directing
Promise at Dawn
Ivan Mosjukine
The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides
Narrator (voice)
10:30 P.M. Summer
Directing
Balkan Landscapes: The Gaze of Theo Angelopoulos
Himself
The Tell-Tale Heart
Directing
Urok Francuzskogo
Himself
Elective Vicissitudes: The Radical Exiles of Jules Dassin
Himself
Theo Angelopoulos: A Lifework in Film