Jacques Brunius information

Jacques B. Brunius (born Jacques Henri Cottance, 16 September 1906 – 24 April 1967) was a French actor, director and writer, who was born in Paris and died in Exeter, UK.^[1] He was cremated in Sidmouth, with a tribute by Mesens.^[2]

Assistant director to Luis Buñuel on L'Âge d'or, he appeared in more than 30 movies, using several alternate names: Jacques Borel, J.B. Brunius, Jacques-Bernard Brunius, Jacques Brunius, Brunius, J.B.Brunius.^[3] He acted in many of the early, more political, movies of his friend Jean Renoir. During World War II he broadcast from England to France over Radio Londres.^[4] He married French-English actress Cecile Chevreau in 1951.^[5] Their son Richard was born in 1956.^{[citation needed]}

Member of the surrealist group in France and then in England, with his friend E.L.T. Mesens, Conroy Maddox, Ithell Colquhoun, Simon Watson Taylor and Roland Penrose.^{[citation needed]} Brunius attacked Toni del Renzio, who was married to Colquhoun and who was attempting to reanimate an inactive English group in 1942–3.^{[citation needed]} Brunius' countersigned the tract Idolatry and Confusion, which condemned and mocked del Renzio unjustifiably. In reality, Mesens feared a takeover of the group leadership by del Renzio.^{[citation needed]}

He never missed an opportunity to defend surrealism, and participated in many a radio show.^[6]^[7] In 1959, he undertook a vigorous defense of the poetic valor of nursery rhymes.^{[citation needed]}

The text was published by John Lyle in Transforma(c)tion n°7 under the title Language and lore of children.^{[dead link]}

^ "Jacques Brunius". BFI. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017.
^ Levy, Silvano; Maddox, Conroy (13 March 2019). The Scandalous Eye: The Surrealism of Conroy Maddox. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9780853235590 – via Google Books.
^ "L' Âge d'or (1930)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016.
^ Stourton, Edward (2017). Auntie's War: the BBC during the Second World War. London: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-857-52332-7.
^ "Jacques B. Brunius papers, 1929-1967 2617". www.libraries.psu.edu.
^ "The Critics". 9 October 1959. p. 22 – via BBC Genome.
^ "In Defence of Surrealism". 26 August 1960. p. 31 – via BBC Genome.

[1] "Jacques Brunius". BFI. Archived from the original on February 5, 2017.

[2] Levy, Silvano; Maddox, Conroy (13 March 2019). The Scandalous Eye: The Surrealism of Conroy Maddox. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9780853235590 – via Google Books.

[3] "L' Âge d'or (1930)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016.

[4] Stourton, Edward (2017). Auntie's War: the BBC during the Second World War. London: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-857-52332-7.

[5] "Jacques B. Brunius papers, 1929-1967 2617". www.libraries.psu.edu.

[6] "The Critics". 9 October 1959. p. 22 – via BBC Genome.

[7] "In Defence of Surrealism". 26 August 1960. p. 31 – via BBC Genome.

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