Jean Epstein

Director

Born: March 25, 1897
Died: April 2, 1953 (age 56)
From: Warszawa, Russian Empire [now Poland]

Jean Epstein (French: [ɛp.ʃtajn]; 25 March 1897 – 2 April 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, he directed three dozen films and was an influential critic of literature and film from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. He is often associated…

Filmography (47)

Song of Armorica (2016)
Director
The Fires of the Sea
The Fires of the Sea (2016)
Director
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema (2011)
Self (archive footage)
Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself (1978)
(archival footage)
Efforts de productivité dans la fonderie
Efforts de productivité dans la fonderie (1953)
Director
The Storm-Tamer (1947)
Director
Artères de France
Artères de France (1939)
Director
La relève
La relève (1938)
Director
Eau vive
Eau vive (1938)
Director
The Woman at the End of the World (1938)
Director
The Builders (1938)
Director
Vive la vie
Vive la vie (1937)
Director
La Bretagne (1936)
Director
La Bourgogne
La Bourgogne (1936)
Director
Heart of Tramp (1936)
Director
Marius and Olive in Paris (1935)
Director
La Vie d'un grand journal
La Vie d'un grand journal (1934)
Director
The Lady of Lebanon (1934)
Director
Gold of the Seas (1933)
Director
The Man with the Hispano (1933)
Director
The Villanelle of Ribbons
The Villanelle of Ribbons (1932)
Director
La chanson des peupliers
La chanson des peupliers (1932)
Director
Le Cor
Le Cor (1932)
Director
The Cradles (1932)
Director
Le vieux chaland
Le vieux chaland (1931)
Director
Notre-Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris (1931)
Director
Le pas de la mule
Le pas de la mule (1930)
Director
The Sea of Ravens (1930)
Director
Finis Terræ (1929)
Director
His Head (1929)
Director