Marcel Camus

Marcel Camus 21 April 1912 13 January 1982 was a French film director He is best known for Orfeu Negro Black Orpheus which won the Palme dOr at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Camus was born in Chappes Ardennes France and died in Paris He studied art and intended to become an art teacher However World War II interrupted his plans He spent part of the war in a German prisonerofwar camp Prior to directing films Camus assisted filmmakers in France including Jacques Feyder Luis Buñuel and Jacques Becker He directed nearly a dozen films including Orfeu Negro also known as Black Orpheus which won the Palme dOr at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film In 1960 Camus made a second Brazlilianthemed film Os bandeirantes Twenty years after Orfeu Negro Camus returned to Brazilian themes for what would prove to be his last film Bahia also known as Otalia da Bahia and Os pastores da noite based on a novel by Brazilian novelist Jorge Amado These films however failed to recapture the success of Orfeu Negro In 1970 Camus had a moderate success with a World War II comedy Le Mur de lAtlantique The Atlantic Wall starring the wellknown French comedian Bourvil Camus ended his career working primarily in television Camus married one of the stars of Orfeu Negro Marpessa Dawn Camus is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery Source Article Marcel Camus from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30