Jaime Christley
04-07-2002, 03:54 PM
Mindbogglingly prolific French filmmaker of the silent era, Louis Feuillade was the author of more than seven hundred films (mostly serials) between 1906 and 1924. Best known for Les Vampires, which became the subject of Olivier Assayas' acclaimed Irma Vep (1996), as well as Judex, Fantômas, and Tih Minh, the last of which Jonathan Rosenbaum has written about at length.
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Feuillade,+Louis
A more detailed bio, by kamerad76@hotmail.com:
"Feuillade's work was largely comprised of film series; his first series, begun in 1910 and numbering 15 episodes, was LE FILM ESTHÉTIQUE, a financially unsuccessful attempt at "high-brow" cinema. More popular was Vie telle qu'elle est, La (1911) which moved from the costume pageantry of his earlier work to a more realistic, if somewhat melodramatic, depiction of contemporary life. Feuillade also directed scores of short films featuring the characters Bébé and Bout-de-Zan. Feuillade's most successful feature-length serials were Fantômas (1913), which chronicled the diabolical exploits of the "emperor of crime," and Vampires, Les (1915), which trailed a criminal gang led by Irma Vep (Musidora) and was noted for its imaginative use of locations and lyrical, almost surreal style."
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Feuillade,+Louis
A more detailed bio, by kamerad76@hotmail.com:
"Feuillade's work was largely comprised of film series; his first series, begun in 1910 and numbering 15 episodes, was LE FILM ESTHÉTIQUE, a financially unsuccessful attempt at "high-brow" cinema. More popular was Vie telle qu'elle est, La (1911) which moved from the costume pageantry of his earlier work to a more realistic, if somewhat melodramatic, depiction of contemporary life. Feuillade also directed scores of short films featuring the characters Bébé and Bout-de-Zan. Feuillade's most successful feature-length serials were Fantômas (1913), which chronicled the diabolical exploits of the "emperor of crime," and Vampires, Les (1915), which trailed a criminal gang led by Irma Vep (Musidora) and was noted for its imaginative use of locations and lyrical, almost surreal style."