About
Marcel Camus (21 April 1912 – 13 January 1982) was a French film director. He is best known for Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), which won the Palme d'Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Camus was born in Chappes, in the Ardennes département of France. He studied art and intended to become an art teacher. However, World War II interrupted his plans. He spent part of the war in a German prisoner-of-war camp.
Filmography
Madrid1983 · Director
Bahia1976 · Director, Screenplay
Atlantic Wall1970 · Director, Adaptation
A Savage Summer1970 · Director, Writer
Love in the Night1968 · Director
Song of the World1965 · Director, Writer
Bird of Paradise1962 · Writer, Director
The Pioneers1960 · Director, Writer
Black Orpheus1959 · Director, Dialogue, Adaptation
Mort en fraude1957 · Director
That Is the Dawn1956 · First Assistant Director
Bad Liaisons1955 · Assistant Director
The Cheerful Squadron1954 · Screenplay, Assistant Director
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard1954 · Assistant Director
Les Dents longues1953 · Adaptation
La demoiselle et son revenant1952 · Assistant Director
Casque d'Or1952 · Assistant Director
Antoine & Antoinette1947 · Assistant Director