Jacques Feyder
Belgian-French film director (1885-1948)
2.96body-of-work score · ranked #375 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- July 21, 1885 · Ixelles
- Died
- May 24, 1948 · Prangins
- Nationality
- France, Belgium
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film editor, actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1Carnival in FlandersLa Kermesse héroïque
1935 · France / Germany · comedy, romance
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1937 #1
1.001 citation - 21.001 citation
- 30.631 citation
- 4
1937 · United Kingdom · thriller, drama, romance
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1938 #7
0.331 citation
Complete filmography
All 29 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1916Biscot se trompe d'étage
- 1916L'Homme de compagnie
- 1916Le pied qui étreint
- 1916Têtes de femmes, femmes de tête
- 1918Le Frère de lait
- 1921L'Atlantide
- 1922Crainquebille
- 1923The Portrait
- 1925Faces of Children
- 1926Carmen
- 1926Gribiche
- 1928Thérèse Raquin
- 1929The Kiss
- 1929The New Gentlemen
- 1930Anna Christie
- 1930If the Emperor Only Knew That
- 1930Le spectre vert
- 1930Olympia
- 1931Daybreak
- 1931Son of India
- 1934Le Grand Jeu
- 1935Carnival in Flanders
- 1935Pension Mimosas
- 1937Knight Without Armour
- 1938People Who Travel
- 1938People Who Travel
- 1939Law of the North
- 1944Une femme disparaît
- —Les Vieilles Femmes de l'hospice