Jacques Robert (film director)

Jacques Robert
Born	Jacques Robert Kneubuhler 1890 Switzerland
Died	January 15, 1928 France
Occupation	Actor, film director

Jacques Robert (1890–1928) was a Swiss silent actor and film director in the 1910s and 1920s.

Early life

Jacques Robert was born in 1890.

Career

Robert started his career as a silent actor by acting in the Count of Monte Cristo film serials directed by Henri Pouctal in the 1910s. He went on to act in films by pioneer directors like Charles Burguet, Gérard Bourgeois, Henri Pouctal, René Leprince, and Léon Poirier, up until 1921. He went on to direct six silent films.

Death

He died on January 15, 1928 in France.

Filmography

As an actor

• La course du flambeau (dir. Charles Burguet, 1918).
• L'âme de Pierre (dir. Charles Burguet, 1918).
• Le fils de la nuit (dir. Gérard Bourgeois, 1919).
• Travail (dir. Henri Pouctal, 1920).
• La force de la vie (dir. René Leprince, 1920).
• Narayana (dir. Léon Poirier, 1920).
• L'essor (dir. Charles Burguet, 1921).
• L'ombre déchirée (dir. Léon Poirier, 1921).

As a director

• La vivante épingle (1921).^[1]
• La bouquetière des innocents (1923).
• Le cousin Pons (1924).
• Count Kostia (1925).^[1]
• La chèvre aux pieds d'or (1926).
• En plongée (1926).

References

1. Jay Robert Nash, Robert Connelly, Stanley Ralph Ross, The Motion Picture Guide: Silent Film 1910-1936, Cinebooks, 1988, pp. 370-373

External links

• imdb