Director 1906 - 1960

Jacques Becker

Paris, France

Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as Partie de... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

12 titles

Le trou

Jacques Becker 1960 2h 12m 9.1

Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer.

Les amants de Montparnasse (Montparnasse 19)

Jacques Becker 1958 1h 48m 8.0

Biographic film chronicling the last year of the life of the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, 1919, who falls in love with a girl from a wealthy family. Her parents are against this relationship and stop financial help. Modigliani worked and died in abject poverty in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France.

Les aventures d'Arsène Lupin

Jacques Becker 1957 1h 44m 4.0

Arsène Lupin is extremely popular among the population, because he allows the needy to share in his acquired wealth. Before entering the service of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, he removes his vault in Alsace, steals two paintings of old masters, steals valuable gems and calls out to the police prefect to avoid his arrest.

Touchez pas au grisbi

Jacques Becker 1954 1h 35m 7.0

An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.

Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs

Jacques Becker 1954 1h 32m 8.0

A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead.

Rue de l'Estrapade

Jacques Becker 1953 1h 37m

While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One day, Denise lets her know that Henri has a lover. Outraged, Françoise moves out of marital home and rents a maids' room in Rue de l'Estrapade.

Casque d'or

Jacques Becker 1952 1h 39m 8.0

Ispirato ad una storia vera. Parigi, fine Ottocento. La bella prostituta Marie vive nel quartiere di Belleville ed è soprannominata Casco d'oro per via dei suoi meravigliosi capelli biondi: il suo amore è conteso da due uomini, un mite falegname ed il protettore della ragazza.