Jean Epstein

Career Overview

Jean Epstein has 79 screen credits in a career dating back to 1922. Signature works include Song of Armorica, The Fall of the House of Usher, Mauprat. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

79

Birth Date

1897-03-25

Birth Place

Warszawa, Russian Empire [now Poland]

Known For

• 

  Song of Armorica
• 

  The Fall of the House of Usher
• 

  Mauprat
• 

  Cœur fidèle
• The Fires of the Sea
• 

  Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930

Frequent Collaborators

• Halma (2 collaborations)
• Alex Allin (2 collaborations)
• Yvon Le Mar'hadour (1 collaborations)
• Francis Gourvil (1 collaborations)
• François Viguier (1 collaborations)
• Georges Prieur (1 collaborations)
• Marinette Fournis (1 collaborations)
• Solange Monchatre (1 collaborations)
• Jean Debucourt (1 collaborations)
• Marguerite Gance (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (23 credits)

  • Tempest

    original story

    writing
    2021
  • The Storm-Tamer

    writer

    writing
    1947
  • Eau vive

    writer

    writing
    1938
  • The Woman at the End of the World

    writer

    writing
    1938
  • Marius and Olive in Paris

    dialogue

    writing
    1935
  • The Lady of Lebanon

    writer

    writing
    1934
  • The Man with the Hispano

    screenplay

    writing
    1933
  • The Villanelle of Ribbons

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • La chanson des peupliers

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • Le Cor

    writer

    writing
    1932
  • Le vieux chaland

    writer

    writing
    1931
  • The Sea of Ravens

    screenplay

    writing
    1930
  • Finis Terræ

    writer

    writing
    1929
  • His Head

    writer

    writing
    1929
  • The Fall of the House of Usher

    writer

    writing
    1928
  • The Three-Sided Mirror

    adaptation

    writing
    1927
  • Mauprat

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Double Love

    writer

    writing
    1925
  • The Poster

    writer

    writing
    1925
  • The Lion of the Moguls

    writer

    writing
    1924
  • La Belle Nivernaise

    screenplay

    writing
    1924
  • Cœur fidèle

    writer

    writing
    1923
  • The Red Inn

    screenplay

    writing
    1923

• directing (46 credits)

  • The Fires of the Sea

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Efforts de productivité dans la fonderie

    director

    directing
    1953
  • The Storm-Tamer

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Artères de France

    director

    directing
    1939
  • La relève

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Eau vive

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Woman at the End of the World

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Builders

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Vive la vie

    director

    directing
    1937
  • La Bretagne

    director

    directing
    1936
  • La Bourgogne

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Heart of Tramp

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Song of Armorica

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Marius and Olive in Paris

    director

    directing
    1935
  • La Vie d'un grand journal

    director

    directing
    1934
  • The Lady of Lebanon

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Gold of the Seas

    director

    directing
    1933
  • The Man with the Hispano

    director

    directing
    1933
  • The Villanelle of Ribbons

    director

    directing
    1932
  • La chanson des peupliers

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Le Cor

    director

    directing
    1932
  • The Cradles

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Notre-Dame de Paris

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Le vieux chaland

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Le pas de la mule

    director

    directing
    1930
  • The Sea of Ravens

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Finis Terræ

    director

    directing
    1929
  • His Head

    director

    directing
    1929
  • The Fall of the House of Usher

    director

    directing
    1928
  • The Three-Sided Mirror

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Six and a Half by Eleven

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Mauprat

    director

    directing
    1926
  • In the Land of George Sand

    director

    directing
    1926
  • The Adventures of Robert Macaire

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Double Love

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Poster

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Photogenies

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Lion of the Moguls

    director

    directing
    1924
  • The Drop Of Blood

    director

    directing
    1924
  • La Belle Nivernaise

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Cœur fidèle

    director

    directing
    1923
  • The Infidel Mountain

    director

    directing
    1923
  • The Red Inn

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Les vendanges

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Pasteur

    director

    directing
    1922

• actors (2 credits)

  • Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Jean Epstein or Cinema by Itself

    (archival footage)

    actor

    actors
    1978

• editing (3 credits)

  • The Storm-Tamer

    editor

    editing
    1947
  • The Lion of the Moguls

    editor

    editing
    1924
  • La Belle Nivernaise

    editor

    editing
    1924

• production (5 credits)

  • La Bretagne

    producer

    production
    1936
  • The Fall of the House of Usher

    producer

    production
    1928
  • Six and a Half by Eleven

    producer

    production
    1927
  • Mauprat

    producer

    production
    1926
  • Photogenies

    executive producer

    production
    1925