Jacques de Baroncelli

Biography

Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscan origin and part of the Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon. He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and, in the 1940s, released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel La Femme et le pantin (1928) was filmed in the experimental Keller-Dorian colour process.

Directed

1. Volpone (1941) — Director
2. The Woman and the Puppet (1929) — Director
3. Wicked Duchess (1942) — Director
4. I'll Be Alone After Midnight (1931) — Director
5. The French Way (1940) — Director
6. African Diary (1940) — Director
7. Iceland Fisherman (1924) — Director
8. Beautiful Star (1938) — Director
9. Mysteries of Paris (1943) — Director
10. Michel Strogoff (1936) — Director
11. In Old Alsace (1933) — Director
12. The Sea Rose (1946) — Director
13. Le Père Goriot (1922) — Director
14. La Légende de sœur Béatrix (1923) — Director
15. Le retour aux champs (1918) — Director
16. Rocambole (1948) — Director
17. The Revenge of Baccarat (1948) — Director
18. Nène (1924) — Director
19. The Midnight Chimes (1924) — Director
20. The Dream (1931) — Director
21. As Long As I Live (1946) — Director
22. S.O.S. Sahara (1938) — Director
23. Feu! (1937) — Director
24. Nitchevo (1936) — Director
25. King of the Camargue (1935) — Director
26. Aux portes de Paris (1935) — Director
27. Cease Firing (1934) — Director
28. Chansons de Paris (1934) — Director
29. Crainquebille (1934) — Director
30. The Last Blow (1932) — Director
31. L'Arlésienne (1930) — Director
32. L'hallali (1917) — Director
33. The King of the Sea (1917) — Director
34. L'héritage (1920) — Director
35. Le siège des trois K (1918) — Director
36. Ramuntcho (1919) — Director
37. The Secret of Lone Star (1920) — Director
38. Le délai (1918) — Director
39. Champi-Tortu (1921) — Director
40. Le scandale (1918) — Director