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Abel Gance

Abel Gance

Directing
1918 — 1938 · 5 films
Lived
25 October 1889 — d. 1981
From
Paris, France

Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927).

Acting
1923 — 1928 · 3 films
Lived
25 October 1889 — d. 1981
From
Paris, France

Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927).

Career Signature

How Abel Gance’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

melancholy beauty
bittersweet
operatic emotion
heavy emotional
end-of-an-era

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Grigori KozintsevGrigori Kozintsev5 filmsVictor SjöströmVictor Sjöström10 filmsSergey BondarchukSergey Bondarchuk7 filmsMikheil KalatozishviliMikheil Kalatozishvili4 filmsMarcel L'HerbierMarcel L'Herbier5 filmsCarl Theodor DreyerCarl Theodor Dreyer14 filmsLois WeberLois Weber6 filmsLuchino ViscontiLuchino Visconti16 films
Career Signature

How Abel Gance’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

architectural framing
operatic emotion
lush maximalism
melancholy beauty
rise-and-fall tragedy

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Filmography

I Accuse

1938

Napoleon

1927

La Roue

1923

I Accuse

1919

The Tenth Symphony

1918

Filmography

The Fall of the House of Usher

1928

Napoleon

1927

La Roue

1923