Jean Epstein
French film director, essayist and novelist (1897–1953)
0.42body-of-work score · ranked #1513 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 25, 1897 · Warsaw
- Died
- April 2, 1953 · Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, writer, literary critic
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.
- 1The Fall of the House of UsherLa Chute de la maison Usher
1928 · France · horror, drama, silent
Kurosawa's 100 favorite films · Roger Ebert's Great Movies
0.312 citations - 2The Three-Sided MirrorLa Glace à trois faces
1927 · France · drama, silent
Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 28 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1922Pasteur
- 1923Cœur fidèle
- 1923L'Auberge rouge
- 1923La Montagne infidèle
- 1924L'Affiche
- 1924La Goutte de sang
- 1924The Beauty from Nivernais
- 1924The Lion of the Moguls
- 1925Le Double Amour
- 1925Les Aventures de Robert Macaire
- 1926Mauprat
- 1927Six and One Half Times Eleven
- 1927The Three-Sided Mirror
- 1928The Fall of the House of Usher
- 1929Finis Terræ
- 1931The Sea of Ravens
- 1932Les Berceaux
- 1933L'or des mers
- 1933The Man with the Hispano
- 1934Chanson d'Armor
- 1934La Châtelaine du Liban
- 1936Cœur de gueux
- 1938La femme du bout du monde
- 1938Les Bâtisseurs
- 1938Marius et Olive à Paris
- 1939Eau vive
- 1948Le Tempestaire
- 1948Lights That Never Fail