Georges Franju (April 12, 1912 - November 5, 1987) was a French filmmaker. April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1987 is 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. ...

He was born in Fougères, France. The Chateau in Fougères Fougères is a town, a commune and a sous-préfecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine département in France. ...

Franju was one of the cofounders of the Cinémathèque Française. His first film was a 1949 documentary short, Le Sang des bêtes. Le Sang des bêtes was shot in a Parisian slaughterhouse. It demonstrated Franju's ability to combine the poetic and the graphic and revealed Franju's ability to perceive the cruel and the uncanny within a realistic setting. Franju is best known for his 1960 horror film, Les Yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face). Described by Pauline Kael as "[p]erhaps the most elegant horror movie ever made," Eyes Without a Face is the story of a mad doctor played by Pierre Brasseur and his efforts to replace the face of his disfigured daughter, played by Edith Scob, with the faces of murdered women. Cinémathèque Française hosts the largest archive of films, movie documents, and film-related objects in the world. ... Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans Visage) is a 1959 French film directed by Georges Franju and co-written by the duo Boileau-Narcejac Categories: Film stubs ... Pauline Kael (June 19, 1919 - September 3, 2001) was a well-known film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine. ...

Georges Franju passed away on November 5, 1987 in Paris. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...