Jacques de Baroncelli

Director, Writer, Producer

June 25, 1881 — January 12, 1951 (69 years)
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.

Known For

  • The Cigarette
    The Cigarette1919
  • Volpone
    Volpone1941
  • The Terror of Batignolles
    The Terror of Batignolles1931
  • Wicked Duchess
    Wicked Duchess1942
  • The Woman and the Puppet
    The Woman and the Puppet1929
  • The French Way
    The French Way1940
  • Iceland Fisherman
    Iceland Fisherman1924
  • One Step to Eternity
    One Step to Eternity1954
  • Mysteries of Paris
    Mysteries of Paris1943
  • I'll Be Alone After Midnight
    I'll Be Alone After Midnight1931
  • The Sea Rose
    The Sea Rose1946
  • Beautiful Star
    Beautiful Star1938
  • In Old Alsace
    In Old Alsace1933
  • Rocambole
    Rocambole1948
  • African Diary
    African Diary1940
  • The Dream
    The Dream1931
  • L'Arlésienne
    L'Arlésienne1930
  • Nitchevo
    Nitchevo1936
  • Chansons de Paris
    Chansons de Paris1934