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Jules Dassin

Jules Dassin

Actor, Director, Writer

Born December 18, 1911 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA

Died March 31, 2008

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Julius "Jules" Dassin (December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He was a subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, and subsequently moved to France, where he revived his career.

Dassin quickly became better known for his noir films Brute Force (1947), The Naked City (1948), and Thieves' Highway (1949), which helped him to become "one of the leading American filmmakers of the postwar era."

Dassin's most influential film was Rififi (1955), an early work in the "heist film" genre. It inspired later heist films, such as Ocean's Eleven (1960). Another piece it inspired was Dassin's own heist film Topkapi, filmed in France and Istanbul, Turkey with Melina Mercouri and Oscar winner Peter Ustinov.

Dassin said Darryl F. Zanuck in 1948 called him into his office to inform him he would be blacklisted, but he still had enough time to make a movie for Fox. Dassin was blacklisted in Hollywood during the production of Night and the City (1950). He was not allowed on the studio property to edit or oversee the musical score for the film. He also had trouble finding work abroad, as U.S. distribution companies blacklisted the U.S. distribution of any European film associated with artists blacklisted in Hollywood. In 1952, after Dassin had been out of work for two years, actress Bette Davis hired him to direct her in the Broadway revue Two's Company. The show closed early, however, and Dassin left for Europe. Dassin did not work as a film director again until Rififi in 1954 (a French production). Most of Dassin's films in the decades following the blacklist are European productions. His prolific later career in Europe and the affiliation with Greece through his second wife, combined with a common pronunciation of his surname as "Da-SAN" in Europe, as opposed to "DASS-in" in the United States leads to a common misconception that he was a European director.

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Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

Elective Vicissitudes: The Radical Exiles of Jules Dassin Poster

Elective Vicissitudes: The Radical Exiles of Jules Dassin Short Film2023Self

717 Feature Film2019Self

The 81st Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 81st Annual Academy Awards TV Special2009Self - Memorial Tribute

The Orange British Academy Film Awards Poster

The Orange British Academy Film Awards TV Special2009Self - Memorial Tribute

Otan giortazoun oi theoi Poster

Otan giortazoun oi theoi TV Series2007Self

Buzz Documentary2005

Filmmakers in Action Poster

Filmmakers in Action Documentary2005Self

The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides Poster

The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides Documentary2005Self

Film Genre TV Series2002Self

Vivement dimanche Poster

Vivement dimanche TV Series1998Self

Bouillon de culture Poster

Bouillon de culture TV Series1991Self

Tal cual TV Series1988Self - Interviewee

Talking Pictures Poster

Talking Pictures TV Series1988Self

Keine zufällige Geschichte - Melina Mercouri - Jules Dassin Poster

Keine zufällige Geschichte - Melina Mercouri - Jules Dassin Documentary1984Self

Kazantzakis Poster

Kazantzakis TV Movie1983Self

Les nouveaux rendez-vous Poster

Les nouveaux rendez-vous TV Series1980Self

Passez donc me voir Poster

Passez donc me voir TV Series1979Self

To portraito tis Pemptis TV Series1976Self

Les rendez-vous du dimanche Poster

Les rendez-vous du dimanche TV Series1975Self

The Rehearsal Poster

The Rehearsal Feature Film1974Self

La Une est à vous Poster

La Une est à vous TV Series1973Self

Le grand échiquier Poster

Le grand échiquier TV Series1972Self

Kvällsöppet Poster

Kvällsöppet TV Series1971Self

Promise at Dawn Poster

Promise at Dawn Feature Film1970Ivan Mosjukine

60 Minutes Poster

60 Minutes TV Series1968Self - Film Director

L'invité du dimanche TV Series1968Self - Main Guest

Pour le cinéma TV Series1968Self

The Dick Cavett Show Poster

The Dick Cavett Show TV Series1968Self

Les écrans de la ville TV Series1964Self

Topkapi Feature Film1964Turkish Cop

Phaedra Feature Film1962Christos

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962Self

Pariser Journal Poster

Pariser Journal TV Series1961Self

Never on Sunday Poster

Never on Sunday Feature Film1960Homer Thrace

Discorama Poster

Discorama TV Series1957Self

Bouquet de joie TV Series1956Self

Cinépanorama Poster

Cinépanorama TV Series1956Self

Rififi Feature Film1955Cesar le Milanais

Reflets de Cannes Poster

Reflets de Cannes TV Series1952Self

Thieves' Highway Poster

Thieves' Highway Feature Film1949Man in Freight Elevator

The Ed Sullivan Show Poster

The Ed Sullivan Show TV Series1948Self - Audience Bow

Director

25

Type

Year

Obsession Poster

Obsession Feature Film1981

A Dream of Passion Poster

A Dream of Passion Feature Film1978

The Rehearsal Poster

The Rehearsal Feature Film1974

Promise at Dawn Poster

Promise at Dawn Feature Film1970

Survival 1967 Poster

Survival 1967 Documentary1968

Uptight Feature Film1968

10:30 P.M. Summer Poster

10:30 P.M. Summer Feature Film1966

Topkapi Feature Film1964

Phaedra Feature Film1962

Never on Sunday Poster

Never on Sunday Feature Film1960

The Law Feature Film1959

He Who Must Die Poster

He Who Must Die Feature Film1957

Rififi Feature Film1955

Night and the City Poster

Night and the City Feature Film1950

Thieves' Highway Poster

Thieves' Highway Feature Film1949

The Naked City Poster

The Naked City Feature Film1948

Brute Force Poster

Brute Force Feature Film1947

A Letter for Evie Poster

A Letter for Evie Feature Film1946

Two Smart People Poster

Two Smart People Feature Film1946

The Canterville Ghost Poster

The Canterville Ghost Feature Film1944

Young Ideas Poster

Young Ideas Feature Film1943

Nazi Agent Poster

Nazi Agent Feature Film1942

Reunion in France Poster

Reunion in France Feature Film1942

The Affairs of Martha Poster

The Affairs of Martha Feature Film1942

The Tell-Tale Heart Poster

The Tell-Tale Heart Short Film1941

Writer

11

A Dream of Passion Poster

A Dream of Passion Feature Film1978

The Rehearsal Poster

The Rehearsal Feature Film1974

Promise at Dawn Poster

Promise at Dawn Feature Film1970

Uptight Feature Film1968

10:30 P.M. Summer Poster

10:30 P.M. Summer Feature Film1966

Phaedra Feature Film1962

Crack in the Mirror Poster

Crack in the Mirror Feature Film1960

Never on Sunday Poster

Never on Sunday Feature Film1960

The Law Feature Film1959

He Who Must Die Poster

He Who Must Die Feature Film1957

Rififi Feature Film1955

Producer

8

Type

Year

A Dream of Passion Poster

A Dream of Passion Feature Film1978

Promise at Dawn Poster

Promise at Dawn Feature Film1970

Survival 1967 Poster

Survival 1967 Documentary1968

Uptight Feature Film1968

10:30 P.M. Summer Poster

10:30 P.M. Summer Feature Film1966

Topkapi Feature Film1964

Phaedra Feature Film1962

Never on Sunday Poster

Never on Sunday Feature Film1960

Thanks

3

Type

Year

Modern Greeks: Melina Mercouri Documentary2007

Night and the City Poster

Night and the City Feature Film1992

The Price of Love Poster

The Price of Love Feature Film1984

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