René_Leprince

René Leprince

René Leprince

French silent film director

René Leprince (1876 – 25 May 1929) was an early French silent film director best known for his silent films of the 1910s and 1920s.

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Un bon petit diable (1923).
Mon Oncle Benjamin (1924).

In film, Leprince began as an actor in 1908 and dabbled with directing. In 1911 he moved into directing permanently and directed some 70 films between 1908 and 1929.

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