Jacques de Baroncelli
Born 1881 (age 69) · Bouillargues, Gard, France
Appears in 63 titles

Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscan origin and part of the Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon. He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and, in the 1940s, released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel La Femme et le pantin (1928) was filmed in the experimental Keller-Dorian colour process.

Filmography

Volpone
6.8
Volpone
1941
Director
The Woman and the Puppet
5.8
The Woman and the Puppet
1929
Director
Wicked Duchess
6.3
Wicked Duchess
1942
Director
I'll Be Alone After Midnight
5.3
I'll Be Alone After Midnight
1931
Director
The French Way
5.8
The French Way
1940
Director
African Diary
6.4
African Diary
1940
Director
Iceland Fisherman
7.3
Iceland Fisherman
1924
Director
Beautiful Star
8.3
Beautiful Star
1938
Director
Mysteries of Paris
7.2
Mysteries of Paris
1943
Director
Michel Strogoff
7.3
Michel Strogoff
1936
Director
In Old Alsace
7.7
In Old Alsace
1933
Director
The Sea Rose
7.0
The Sea Rose
1946
Director
Le Père Goriot
9.0
Le Père Goriot
1922
Director
10.0
Le retour aux champs
1918
Director
La Légende de sœur Béatrix
Rocambole
7.0
Rocambole
1948
Director
The Revenge of Baccarat
7.0
The Revenge of Baccarat
1948
Director
9.0
Nène
1924
Director
The Midnight Chimes
8.0
The Midnight Chimes
1924
Director
The Dream
10.0
The Dream
1931
Director