Georges Huisman (1889 - 1957) was a French historian and politician who served as the Jury President of the Cannes Film Festival from 1946 to 1949. He also served as the mayor of Valmondois from 1932 to 1939.[1]
He founded the Cannes Film Festival at the behest of the French Prime Minister Jean Zay. Their goal was to create a film festival that would rival the prestige of the Venice Film Festival.[2]
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GeorgesHuisman (1889 - 1957) was a French historian and politician who served as the Jury President of the Cannes Film Festival from 1946 to 1949. He...
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French: [ʒɔʁʒ simnɔ̃]; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer, most famous for his fictional detective...
engaged in political and social activism. This includes his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela...
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re-teaming with Tarantino in another acting role, alongside Harvey Keitel, George Clooney and Juliette Lewis. His third feature film was Jackie Brown (1997)...
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Cannes Film Festival jury presidents 1946–1975 GeorgesHuisman (1946) GeorgesHuisman (1947) GeorgesHuisman (1949) André Maurois (1951) Maurice Genevoix...
Cannes Film Festival jury presidents 1946–1975 GeorgesHuisman (1946) GeorgesHuisman (1947) GeorgesHuisman (1949) André Maurois (1951) Maurice Genevoix...
Cannes Film Festival jury presidents 1946–1975 GeorgesHuisman (1946) GeorgesHuisman (1947) GeorgesHuisman (1949) André Maurois (1951) Maurice Genevoix...
Cannes Film Festival jury presidents 1946–1975 GeorgesHuisman (1946) GeorgesHuisman (1947) GeorgesHuisman (1949) André Maurois (1951) Maurice Genevoix...
Lost Ark (1981), with a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. They considered it an homage to the serials of...
Cannes Film Festival jury presidents 1946–1975 GeorgesHuisman (1946) GeorgesHuisman (1947) GeorgesHuisman (1949) André Maurois (1951) Maurice Genevoix...
Cannes Film Festival jury presidents 1946–1975 GeorgesHuisman (1946) GeorgesHuisman (1947) GeorgesHuisman (1949) André Maurois (1951) Maurice Genevoix...
perception of where they are going. The film highlighted the comic abilities of George Clooney as the oddball lead character Ulysses Everett McGill, and of Tim...
Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.: 104 After The Elephant Man's success, George Lucas, a fan of Eraserhead, offered Lynch the opportunity to direct the...
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Cannes Film Festival jury presidents 1946–1975 GeorgesHuisman (1946) GeorgesHuisman (1947) GeorgesHuisman (1949) André Maurois (1951) Maurice Genevoix...
Cannes Film Festival jury presidents 1946–1975 GeorgesHuisman (1946) GeorgesHuisman (1947) GeorgesHuisman (1949) André Maurois (1951) Maurice Genevoix...
Williams's literary legacy is represented by the literary agency headed by Georges Borchardt. In 1985, French author-composer Michel Berger wrote a song dedicated...
simple thrillers." Filmmakers that were influenced by his work include George Lucas, Jacques Rivette, William Friedkin, Steven Spielberg, Christopher...
Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. Under the direction of George Cukor, she portrayed a "wife driven close to madness" by her husband, played...
citizens after their application was approved by then French Prime Minister Georges Pompidou. Ponti then obtained a divorce from Giuliana in France, allowing...
period in Europe. In Paris, he became friends with writers Romain Gary, George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen, James Baldwin, James Jones and Irwin Shaw,...
cinématographique". Cocteau was born in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, to Georges Cocteau and his wife, Eugénie Lecomte, a socially prominent Parisian family...