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Jules Dassin

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Julius "Jules" Dassin (December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist in the McCarthy era, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career. He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Screen Directors' Guild.Dassin received a Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Du rififi chez les hommes. He was later nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen for his film Never on Sunday, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for his Broadway production of Illya Darling.

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Born
18 Dec 1911
Died
31 Mar 2008 (aged 96)
Production Places
United States of America

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ACMI Identifier

22832

Wikidata

Q260969

VIAF

114983119

LOC Auth

n88660679

WorldCat

lccn-n88660679

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