Jacques Demy

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French New Wave filmmaker film director film editor human screenwriter

Jacques Demy was a French filmmaker associated with the French New Wave, best known for his colorful, musically driven films like "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "The Young Girls of Rochefort."

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Label Occurrences
Jacques Demy canonical 12
Place Jacques-Demy 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French New Wave filmmaker ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Cannes Jury Prize ⓘ
surface form: Palme d'Or (Jury Prize) at Cannes Film Festival
causeOfDeath AIDS-related complications ⓘ
collaboratedWith Anouk Aimée ⓘ
Catherine Deneuve ⓘ
Danielle Darrieux ⓘ
Françoise Dorléac ⓘ
Michel Legrand ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1931-06-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1990-10-27 ⓘ
educatedAt École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes ⓘ
familyName Demy ⓘ
genre fantasy film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
givenName Jacques ⓘ
hasSignatureStyle integration of music and song into narrative ⓘ
melancholic themes beneath a cheerful surface ⓘ
use of bright, saturated colors ⓘ
influencedBy Max Ophüls ⓘ
classical Hollywood musicals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement French New Wave ⓘ
name Jacques Demy self-link ⓘ
notableWork Bay of Angels ⓘ
The Wild Ass's Skin ⓘ
surface form: Donkey Skin

Lady Oscar ⓘ
Lola ⓘ
Model Shop ⓘ
Parking ⓘ
The Pied Piper ⓘ
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ⓘ
The Young Girls of Rochefort ⓘ
Une chambre en ville ⓘ
occupation film director ⓘ
film editor ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pontchâteau, France ⓘ
surface form: Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
relative Mathieu Demy ⓘ
spouse Agnès Varda ⓘ
workLocation Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Nantes ⓘ
surface form: Nantes, France

Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

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French New Wave → hasKeyFigure → Jacques Demy ⓘ
Corinne Marchand → workedWith → Jacques Demy ⓘ
Mouton-Duvernet → hasEntrance → Jacques Demy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Place Jacques-Demy
Agnès Varda → spouse → Jacques Demy ⓘ
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg → director → Jacques Demy ⓘ
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg → writer → Jacques Demy ⓘ
Jacques Demy → name → Jacques Demy self-link ⓘ
Catherine Deneuve → workedWith → Jacques Demy ⓘ
Michel Legrand → workedWith → Jacques Demy ⓘ
Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris (grave later lost) → burialPlaceOf → Jacques Demy ⓘ
subject surface form: Montparnasse Cemetery
Anouk Aimée → workedWith → Jacques Demy ⓘ
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967 film) → director → Jacques Demy ⓘ
subject surface form: The Young Girls of Rochefort
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967 film) → writer → Jacques Demy ⓘ
subject surface form: The Young Girls of Rochefort