Jean Dréville
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Male
Birthday 1906-09-20
Deathday 1997-03-05 (90 years old)
Place of Birth Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France
Also Known As Jean Dreville
Jean Dréville
Biography
Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
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