
Born
October 25, 1889
Died
November 10, 1981
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927). He was born in Paris in 1889. In 1909, he acted in his first film. He also wrote scenarios, and often sold them to Gaumont. During this period he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, fa…

Abel Gance et son Napoléon
1984

Bonaparte et la révolution
1972

Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
1968

Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
1963

Napoléon Bonaparte
1935

The End of the World
1931

Around the End of the World
1930

The Fall of the House of Usher
1928

Autour de Napoléon
1928

Napoleon
1927

Around The Wheel
1923

La Roue
1923

Molière
1910