Jacques de Baroncelli

Directeur, Scénariste, Producteur

25 juin 1881 — 12 janvier 1951 (69 ans)
Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscan origin and part of the Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon.

He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and, in the 1940s, released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel La Femme et le pantin (1928) was filmed in the experimental Keller-Dorian colour process.

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  • La Cigarette
    La Cigarette1919
  • Volpone
    Volpone1941
  • La Terreur des Batignolles
    La Terreur des Batignolles1931
  • La Duchesse de Langeais
    La Duchesse de Langeais1942
  • La Femme et le Pantin
    La Femme et le Pantin1929
  • Fausse Alerte
    Fausse Alerte1940
  • Pêcheur d'Islande
    Pêcheur d'Islande1924
  • Bonnes à tuer
    Bonnes à tuer1954
  • Les Mystères de Paris
    Les Mystères de Paris1943
  • Je serai seule après minuit
    Je serai seule après minuit1931
  • La Rose de la mer
    La Rose de la mer1946
  • Belle étoile
    Belle étoile1938
  • L'Ami Fritz
    L'Ami Fritz1933
  • Rocambole
    Rocambole1948
  • L'Homme du Niger
    L'Homme du Niger1940
  • Le rêve
    Le rêve1931
  • L'Arlésienne
    L'Arlésienne1930
  • Nitchevo
    Nitchevo1936
  • Chansons de Paris
    Chansons de Paris1934