Louis Delluc
- Category : Writers-Playwright-script
- Type : GP
- Profile : 1/3 - Investigating / Martyr
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Maya 3
Biography
French film director, screenwriter, novelist, critic and theorist; one of the most significant influences on the development of French cinema. Delluc dropped out of school before graduation to begin writing as a journalist, writing extensively for periodicals. He also played an important part in the founding of cinema clubs in France and advancing the status of cinema as an art. From the early '20s, he directed several films, many of which starred his wife, Eve Francis.
His greatest contribution to cinema was as a writer and theorist. For all of his accomplishments, the award "le Prix Delluc" was named after him and denotes the highest award bestowed for achievements in filmmaking.
Delluc died of T.B. on 3/22/1924.