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Georges Franju

Georges Franju

Director, Writer, Composer

Born April 12, 1912 in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

Died November 5, 1987

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Georges Franju was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine. Before working in French cinema, Franju had several different jobs. Franju was also briefly in the military in Algeria and was discharged in 1932. On his return, Franju studied to become a set designer and later created backdrops for music halls including Casino de Paris and the Folles Bergère.

In the mid-thirties, Franju and Henri Langlois met through Franju's twin brother Jacques Franju. As well as creating the 16 mm short film Le Métro, Langlois and Franju also started a short-lived film magazine and created a film club called Le Cercle du Cinema with 500 francs he borrowed from Langlois' parents. The club showed silent films from their own collections followed by an informal debate about them amongst members. From Le Cercle du Cinema, Franju and Langlois founded the Cinématheque Française in 1936.

Franju ceased to be closely related with the Cinématheque Française as early as 1938, and only became associated with it strongly again in the 1980s when he was appointed as the honorary artistic director of the Cinématheque.

In 1949, Franju began work on a series of nine documentary films. The Nazi occupation of Paris and the industrialism following World War II influenced Franju's early works. With Head Against the Wall (French:La tête contre les murs) in 1958, Franju turned toward fiction feature films. His second feature was the horror film Eyes Without a Face (French:Les Yeux sans Visage) about a surgeon who tries to repair his daughter's ruined face by grafting on to it the faces of beautiful women. His 1963 film Judex was a tribute to the silent film serials Judex and Fantomas. In Franju's later years his film work became less frequent. Franju occasionally directed for television and in the late seventies he retired from filmmaking to preside over the Cinématheque Française. In her study of French cinema since the French new wave, Claire Clouzot described Franju's film style as "a poignant fantastic realism inherited from surrealism and Jean Painlevé science cinema, and influenced by the expressionism of Lang and Murnau". Franju's focus was on the visual aspect of filmmaking, which he claimed marked a director as an auteur. Franju claimed to "not have the story writing gift" and was focused on what he described as the "putting into form" of the film.

Franju was also extremely influenced by surrealism. He used elements of surrealism and shock horror within his films in order to “awaken” his audience. Franju had a long history of friendship with well-known surrealists including Andre Breton, and the influence of this movement is extremely evident in his works. Franju uses these elements to link horror, history, and an ironic commentary on modernity’s ideal of progress. Franju is quoted as having said “It’s the bad combination, it’s the wrong synthesis, constantly being made by the eye as it looks around, that stops us from seeing everything as strange.”

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Filmography

Actor

19

Type

Year

Seul Franju TV Movie2020

Aznavour by Charles Poster

Aznavour by Charles Documentary2019

Une histoire du cinéma fantastique français Poster

Une histoire du cinéma fantastique français Documentary2019

Genre c'est du cinéma? Poster

Genre c'est du cinéma? Documentary2018

Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque Poster

Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque Documentary2004

Citizen Langlois Poster

Citizen Langlois Documentary1995

Cinéma, de notre temps Poster

Cinéma, de notre temps TV Series1989

Ciné parade TV Series1982

Étoiles et toiles Poster

Étoiles et toiles TV Series1982

Le musée du cinéma Documentary1981

Télex Arts Poster

Télex Arts TV Series1981

Fantômas, je pense à vous! Documentary1979

The Story of French Cinema by Those Who Made It TV Series1974

Post-scriptum TV Series1970

Cinéma TV Series1965

Cinéastes de notre temps Poster

Cinéastes de notre temps TV Series1964

Pour le plaisir Poster

Pour le plaisir TV Series1964

Les échos du cinéma Poster

Les échos du cinéma TV Series1961

Cinépanorama Poster

Cinépanorama TV Series1956

Director

30

Type

Year

Cinéma 16 Poster

Cinéma 16 TV Series1975

The Man Without a Face Poster

The Man Without a Face Mini-Series1975

Shadowman Poster

Shadowman Feature Film1974

La ligne d'ombre Poster

La ligne d'ombre TV Movie1973

Le service des affaires classées Poster

Le service des affaires classées TV Series1970

The Demise of Father Mouret Poster

The Demise of Father Mouret Feature Film1970

Marcel Allain Documentary1966

The Moment of Peace Feature Film1965

Thomas the Impostor Poster

Thomas the Impostor Feature Film1965

New Reports from France Poster

New Reports from France TV Series1964

Pour le plaisir Poster

Pour le plaisir TV Series1964

Judex Feature Film1963

Therese Feature Film1962

Spotlight on a Murderer Poster

Spotlight on a Murderer Feature Film1961

Eyes Without a Face Poster

Eyes Without a Face Feature Film1960

Head Against the Wall Poster

Head Against the Wall Feature Film1959

La première nuit Poster

La première nuit Short Film1958

Notre Dame - cathédrale de Paris Poster

Notre Dame - cathédrale de Paris Short Film1957

Le théâtre national populaire Poster

Le théâtre national populaire Short Film1956

Monsieur et Madame Curie Poster

Monsieur et Madame Curie Short Film1956

Sur le pont d'Avignon Poster

Sur le pont d'Avignon Short Film1956

About a River Poster

About a River Short Film1955

Mon chien Poster

Mon chien Short Film1955

Navigation marchande atlantique Short Film1954

Les poussières Poster

Les poussières Short Film1953

Hôtel des Invalides Poster

Hôtel des Invalides Documentary1952

Le grand Méliès Poster

Le grand Méliès Short Film1952

En passant par la Lorraine Poster

En passant par la Lorraine Short Film1950

Blood of the Beasts Poster

Blood of the Beasts Documentary1949

Le métro Poster

Le métro Short Film1934

Writer

19

Type

Year

Cinéma 16 Poster

Cinéma 16 TV Series1975

La ligne d'ombre Poster

La ligne d'ombre TV Movie1973

The Demise of Father Mouret Poster

The Demise of Father Mouret Feature Film1970

Thomas the Impostor Poster

Thomas the Impostor Feature Film1965

Therese Feature Film1962

Spotlight on a Murderer Poster

Spotlight on a Murderer Feature Film1961

La première nuit Poster

La première nuit Short Film1958

Notre Dame - cathédrale de Paris Poster

Notre Dame - cathédrale de Paris Short Film1957

Décembre, mois des enfants Short Film1956

Monsieur et Madame Curie Poster

Monsieur et Madame Curie Short Film1956

Sur le pont d'Avignon Poster

Sur le pont d'Avignon Short Film1956

About a River Poster

About a River Short Film1955

Mon chien Poster

Mon chien Short Film1955

Navigation marchande atlantique Short Film1954

Les poussières Poster

Les poussières Short Film1953

Hôtel des Invalides Poster

Hôtel des Invalides Documentary1952

Le grand Méliès Poster

Le grand Méliès Short Film1952

En passant par la Lorraine Poster

En passant par la Lorraine Short Film1950

Blood of the Beasts Poster

Blood of the Beasts Documentary1949

Composer

2

Type

Year

The Man Without a Face Poster

The Man Without a Face Mini-Series1975

Shadowman Poster

Shadowman Feature Film1974

Thanks

2

Type

Year

Vie Documentary1993

The Man Who Sleeps Poster

The Man Who Sleeps Feature Film1974

Script and Continuity Department

1

Le théâtre national populaire Poster

Le théâtre national populaire Short Film1956

Other Crew

1

La déroute Documentary1957

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