- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- February 28, 1895
- Place of Birth
- Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Died
- April 18, 1974
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnol (28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film. Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône department, in southern France near Marseille, the eldest son of schoolteacher Joseph PagnolA and seamstress Augustine Lansot. Marcel Pagnol grew up in Marseille with his younger brothers Paul and René, and younger sister Germaine. In July 1904, the family rented the Bastide Neuve, – a house in the sleepy Provençal village of La Treille – for the summer holidays, the first of many spent in …
Filmography
movieMarius
2026 · Author, Dialogue
movieA Magnificent Life
2025 · Novel
movieLes Rois de la comédie
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Time of Secrets
2022 · Novel
movieLes Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieFanny
2013 · Theatre Play
movieMarius
2013 · Theatre Play
movieThe Well Digger's Daughter
2011 · Novel
movieJules et Marcel
2011 · Author
movieFanny
2008 · Writer
movieThe Time of Love
2007 · Novel
movieThe Time of Secrets
2007 · Novel
Ohnsorg Theater - Der goldene Anker
movieOhnsorg Theater - Der goldene Anker
2001 · Writer
tvLa Trilogie marseillaise
2000 · Writer, Creator
movieLa femme du boulanger
1999 · Screenplay
movieMy Mother's Castle
1990 · Novel
movieMy Father's Glory
1990 · Novel
movieManon of the Spring
1986 · Novel
movieJean de Florette
1986 · Novel
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
tvEncyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Self (archive footage)
Fanny
movieFanny
1977 · Writer
Marius
movieMarius
1977 · Writer
César
movieCésar
1977 · Writer
movieNagham Fi Hayaty
1975 · Story, Novel
tvAlta comedia
1970 · Writer
movieLe Curé de Cucugnan
1968 · Director
Marcel Pagnol
movieMarcel Pagnol
1968 · Self
Pekař a kočka
moviePekař a kočka
1967 · Theatre Play
movieAl-modeer Al-Fanni
1965 · Original Concept
movieTopaze
1963 · Theatre Play
movieFanny
1961 · Theatre Play
movieMr. Topaze
1961 · Theatre Play
Fanny
movieFanny
1958 · Book
movieTopaze
1957 · Writer
movieLetters from My Windmill
1954 · Director
tvReflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
movieCarnival
1953 · Screenplay, Producer
movieManon of the Spring
1953 · Director, Producer, Dialogue, Writer
movieUgolin
1953 · Dialogue, Producer, Writer, Director
movieTopaze
1951 · Director, Scenario Writer
movieThe Ways of Love
1950 · Director
movieThe Prize
1950 · Writer
L'île de lumière
movieL'île de lumière
1950 · Co-Producer
movieFlirtation in Spring
1949 · Theatre Play
Chansons de Marseille
movieChansons de Marseille
1949 · Co-Producer
movieThe Pretty Miller Girl
1948 · Director, Writer
movieNaïs
1945 · Writer, Director
movieLa Prière aux étoiles
1941 · Director, Scenario Writer
movieLa Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)
1941 · Director, Writer
movieLa Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)
1941 · Director, Scenario Writer
movieThe Well-Digger's Daughter
1940 · Director, Writer
movieThe Baker's Wife
1938 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
moviePort of Seven Seas
1938 · Novel
movieHeartbeat
1938 · Director, Writer
movieHarvest
1937 · Director, Producer
movieCésar
1936 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieTopaze
1936 · Director, Theatre Play
movieCigalon
1935 · Director, Writer
movieMerlusse
1935 · Director, Writer
movieToni
1935 · Producer
movieMarseille
1935 · Producer
movieTartarin of Tarascon
1934 · Scenario Writer, Producer
movieAngele
1934 · Director, Writer
movieYacout
1934 · Story
movieThe Black Whale
1934 · Theatre Play
movieJofroi
1934 · Director, Screenplay
movieL'Agonie des aigles
1933 · Dialogue, Screenplay
movieTopaze
1933 · Theatre Play
movieDirect au coeur
1933 · Screenplay, Theatre Play
movieTopaze
1933 · Writer
movieMr Poirier's Son-in-Law
1933 · Director, Writer
movieFanny
1932 · Producer, Theatre Play, Screenplay
Longing for the Sea
movieLonging for the Sea
1931 · Writer
movieMarius
1931 · Screenplay, Producer, Theatre Play