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Gérard Bourgeois

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 08/18/1874 († 70, 12/15/1944) | Genève (Switzerland)
Gérard Bourgeois (born August 18, 1874, in Geneva, Switzerland (from French parents), and died December 15, 1944, in Paris, France) was a leading French film director during the silent era. After ten years in the theater, Gérard Bourgeois became artistic director of Lux-films. In 1911, he joined the company Pathé. He first filmed historical films (Cadoudal), then realistic films including the landmark 1911 film "Victimes de l'alcoolisme" (US: In the Grip of Alcohol), proclaimed by Moving Picture World as "The greatest moral dilemma ever made by any film manufacturer" In the Grip of Alcohol), before founding his own production company with René Mathey, Les Films MB (Bourgeois-Mathey). Bourgeois made 142 films between 1908 and 1925. He directed many of the popular Nick Winter comedy mysteries starring Georges Vinter in the early 1910s including 1911's "Nick Winter et le vol de la Joconde" about an attempt theft of the Mona LisaNick Winter and the Theft of the Mona Lisa (1911) A Silent Film Review. His 1916 feature "Christophe Colomb" a biography of Christopher Columbus is available for viewing online... ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Adventure | Drama | History
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Movies with Gérard Bourgeois as Crew(12)

Directing/Director1925 Swifter than Death
Directing/Director1925 Zigano
Directing/Director1924 Terreur
Directing/Director1924 The Man Without Nerves
Directing/Director1921 Uncle Bernac
Directing/Director1918 Warbler
Directing/Director1916 Un coup de feu dans la nuit
Directing/Director1916 The Life of Christopher Columbus
Directing/Director1911 In the Grip of Alcohol
Directing/Director1911 Cadoudal
Directing/Director1910 Rico le bouffon

Full Name: Gérard Bourgeois
Citizenship: France
Born: Tuesday, 08/18 1874 (August) in Genève (Switzerland)
Died: Friday, 12/15 1944 (December) in 18th arrondissement of Paris (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Gérard Bourgeois frequently works together with these people:
Harry Piel (7x, Crew)
Albert Paulig (3x, Actor)
Dary Holm (3x, Actress)
Denise Legeay (2x, Actress)
Hermann Picha (2x, Actor)
Nadette Darson (2x, Cast)
Marguerite Madys (2x, Actress)
Marcel Verdier (1x, Cast)
Gabrielle Lange (1x, Actress)
M. Garret (1x, Cast)
Jacques Normand (1x, Cast)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1025288, Added: 11/29/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024