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Marcel Pagnol

Marcel Paul Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for his mastery of multiple literary genres —memoir, novel, theatre and film.

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entertainment · Novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France · playwright · screenwriter · film director · film producer · writer · director · also Marcel Pagnol, Pagnol

Born 28 February 1895 · Died 18 April 1974 · Q236630

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Jun 1961Award
Won Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès (1961).
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Jan 1946Milestone
Career landmark: seat 25 of the Académie française (1946–1974).
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2024· 1 entry

Oct 8, 2024Documented record69% confidence

FirstShowing.net: First Teaser for Sylvain Chomet's 'Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol'

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2022· 2 entries

May 25, 2022Documented record69% confidence

Deadline.com: Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Sylvain Chomet’s Animated Feature ‘The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol’

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2022Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Le Temps Des Secrets was adapted and filmed by Christophe Barratier

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2021· 1 entry

Jun 16, 2021Documented record69% confidence

Cartoon Brew: Sylvain Chomet To Direct ‘The Magnificent Life Of Marcel Pagnol’

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2013· 1 entry

2013Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Marius and Fanny were remade, also by Daniel Auteuil

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2011· 1 entry

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La Fille du puisatier was remade by Daniel Auteuil

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2001· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2001Documented record76% confidence

Released album “Les musiques originales et les dialogues de Marcel Pagnol”.

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2000· 1 entry

2000Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Jacques Nahum produced Marius, Fanny, and César for French television

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1990· 1 entry

1990Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

La Gloire de mon père and Le château de ma mère, Pagnol's affectionate reminiscences of childhood, were filmed by Yves Robert

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1986· 1 entry

1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The two volumes of The Water of the Hills were adapted by filmmaker Claude Berri into the two films Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources

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1974· 1 entry

Apr 18, 1974Documented record86% confidence

Died 1974-04-18.

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1961· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1961Documented record84% confidence

Won Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès (1961).

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1959· 1 entry

1959Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The fourth Le Temps des Amours was to remain unfinished and was not published until 1977, after his death

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1957· 1 entry

1957Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The first two novels in the series, La Gloire de mon père and Le château de ma mère were published to instant acclaim

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1956· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1956Documented record76% confidence

Released ep “Marius”.

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1954· 1 entry

1954Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The death of their daughter Estelle was a tragedy from which he never quite recovered; he stopped making film afterwards

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1952· 2 entries

1952Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With his wife Jacqueline in the title role

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1952Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Gave Jacqueline the title role of Manon of the Spring, a two-part, 4-hour long film that he had written especially for her

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1947· 1 entry

1947Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

At the Grand Théâtre de Monaco; Paris, Œuvres complètes, Club de l'Honnête Homme, 1971

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1946· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1946Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: seat 25 of the Académie française (1946–1974).

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1946Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française

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1945· 1 entry

1945Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Pagnol remarried to actress Jacqueline Bouvier, later known as Jacqueline Pagnol

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1944· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1944Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: president (1944–1946).

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1941· 1 entry

1941Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And only unbanned it after the Pétain scene was removed and that the Vichy government seized his studios, personnel, and distribution services

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1932· 1 entry

1932Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Pagnol founded his own film production studios in the countryside near Marseille

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1929· 1 entry

1929Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

On a visit to London, Pagnol attended a screening of one of the first talking films and he was so impressed that he decided to devote his efforts to cinema

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1922· 1 entry

1922Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Moved to Paris, where he taught English until 1927, when he decided instead to devote his life to playwriting

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1920· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1920Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: assistant professor (1920–1922).

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1916· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1916Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: marriage.

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1913· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1913Documented record84% confidence

Studied at Aix-Marseille University (1896-1971) (1913).

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At the age of 18, Marcel passed his baccalaureate in philosophy and started studying literature at the university in Aix-en-Provence

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1905· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1905Documented record84% confidence

Studied at Lycée Thiers (1905).

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1898· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1898Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: baptism.

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1895· 1 entry

Feb 28, 1895Documented record86% confidence

Born 1895-02-28.

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