Abel Gance (October 25, 1889 - November 10, 1981) was a world-renowned French film director, producer, writer, actor and editor. He was born and died in Paris. October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A film producer creates the conditions for making movies. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Film editing. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land...

Gance was born illegitimate. His parents wanted him to become a lawyer, but he was attracted to the theatre from an early age. He made his stage debut as an actor in Brussels at the age of 19, and took his first film role in the 1909 film, Molière. Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 797 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

He continued acting and script-writing before forming his own production company in 1911. In the same year, he made his first film, La Digue, but it was unsuccessful. His five-hour play, Victoire de Samothrace, in which he was to appear with Sarah Bernhardt, was cancelled with the outbreak of World War I. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Sarah Bernhardt (portrait by Nadar) Sarah Bernhardt (October 23, 1844 – March 26, 1923) was a French stage actress. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg...

Due to ill health, Gance managed to avoid most of the war, and he returned to film making, this time with more success. In 1919, he achieved international recognition for his three hour epic J’Accuse, a powerful anti-war film which included location filming of battles shot towards the end of World War I. The film used experimental techniques which Gance would develop further in his next two major films, La Roue and Napoléon (1927). The success of this film was undermined by its length (6 hours) and the need for special film projection equipment to show the film, particularly the final segment of the film where the aspect ratio triples in size to show a staggering panorama of a battlefield. Napoléon is an epic (1927) silent French film directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of the rise of Napoleon I of France. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Gance did not manage the transition from silent films to talkies successfully. Although he continued to make films for many decades, he never achieved the celebrity and acclaim he enjoyed in the silent era of the 1920s. He spent much of his time enhancing his previous silent films, notably making sound versions of his earlier masterpieces, J'Accuse and Napoléon. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...

In 1943, he fled from France to escape the Nazi occupation. He resumed his film making career in 1960 with historical dramas such as Austerlitz. He died in 1981 of tuberculosis before he could fulfill his ambition of making an epic film about Christopher Columbus. He did, however, live to see the triumphant reception of the restored version of his silent epic Napoleon in 1980, and the accompanying restoration of his reputation as a pioneering filmaker. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Austerlitz is a 1960 film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jean Marais, Rossano Brazzi, Jack Palance and Claudia Cardinale. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Portuguese: Cristóvão Colombo, formerly Christovam Colon; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón; Catalan: Cristòfor Colom; 1451–May 20, 1506) was a navigator and an admiral for the Crown of Castile. ...

External links

• Abel Gance at the Internet Movie Database
• http://frenchfilms.topcities.com/index3.html
• http://frenchfilms.topcities.com/nf_agance.html