Jacques Becker
Biography
Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as Partie de campagne (1936) and La Grande Illusion (1937). In the early part of World War II, Becker was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp for a year. During the Nazi occupation of France, he became a film director in his own right and he also joined the Comité de libération du cinéma français. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'or held in high esteem among film critics. Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacques Becker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography updated · daily-synced from TMDB
Movies (6)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies and TV shows has Jacques Becker been in?▼
Zoovie indexes 6 projects for Jacques Becker — 6 films. The filmography above is sorted by release year, newest first; click any poster to open the watch page.
Can I watch Jacques Becker's movies free on Zoovie?▼
Yes — every Jacques Becker project listed on Zoovie is available free in HD with multiple streaming servers per title. No signup, no subscription, no payment. Click any poster to open the watch page and pick a server.
What is Jacques Becker best known for?▼
Per TMDB, Jacques Becker's primary credit category is acting. The biography section on this page covers their career background; the filmography below shows every project we've indexed across film and TV.
How current is Jacques Becker's filmography on Zoovie?▼
Catalog data is synced from TMDB every 24 hours. New projects, recent premieres, and upcoming releases featuring Jacques Becker appear here within a day of being added to TMDB. If a recent Jacques Becker project is missing, it may not yet have a TMDB record.
Where can I find similar actors and directors?▼
Browse our full actors index (linked from the main menu) for popular cast members across the catalog. Each movie and TV page also lists the full credited cast and director, so you can hop directly from one Jacques Becker project to other actors and creators they worked with.