- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJacques Louis Raymond Marcel Demy
- Nickname
- Jacquot
- Jacques Demy was born on June 5, 1931 in Pontchâteau, Loire-Atlantique, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) and A Room in Town (1982). He was married to Agnès Varda. He died on October 27, 1990 in Paris, France.
- SpouseAgnès Varda(1962 - October 27, 1990) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- Often directed musicals or movies involving musical numbers
- Often worked with Catherine Deneuve and Anouk Aimée
- After studying art and cinema, Demy worked as assistant for animator Paul Grimault and director Georges Rouquier. He was influenced as a film maker at once by the French New Wave, and by Hollywood. His best films are, consequently, hybrids of both, often concerning relationships between dreams and reality. He is best known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967).
- Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977
- Demy never used stand-ins.
- As a student, Demy didn't learn any foreign languages. In the 1960s, with the help of some classes, internships, & spending some time in the United States, he learned English. At the time of the Anouchka project, which took many years to complete, he also learned Russian.
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 259-262. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
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