
Known for
Directing
Born
April 12, 1912
Birthplace
Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Died
November 5, 1987 (aged 75)
Georges Franju was a French filmmaker. He was born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine. Before working in French cinema, Franju had several different jobs. Franju was also briefly in the military in Algeria and was discharged in 1932. On his return, Franju studied to become a set designer and later created backdrops for music halls including Casino de Paris and the Folles Bergère.
In the mid-thirties, Franju and Henri Langlois met through Franju's twin brother Jacques Franju. As well as creating the 16 mm short film Le Métro, Langlois and Franju also started a short-lived film magazine and created a film club called Le Cercle du Cinema with 500 francs he borrowed from Langlois' parents. The club...
2019
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1998
as Self (archive footage)
1987
as Self
1979
Director
1978
Director
1975
1974
Director, Original Music Composer
1973
Director, Writer
1970
Director, Screenplay
1967
Director
1967
Director
1966
as Self, Director
1965
Director
1965
Scenario Writer, Director
1964
1964
1963
Director
1962
Director, Writer
1961
Director, Writer
1960
Director
1959
Director, Adaptation
1958
Director, Adaptation
1957
Writer, Director
1956
Script, Director