Biography
Marc Henri Benoist better known as Marco de Gastyne (born in Paris, France, on 15 July 1889; died in Paris on 8 November 1982) was a French painter, illustrator and later film director of more than fifteen films.
After studying painting, he worked at la Villa Médicis from 1911 to 1913. He also became an illustrator for the French journal La Baïonnette. Then he turned to cinema directing more than a dozen films between 1922 and 1962. His debut film co-directed with Franz Toussaint was Inch'Allah in 1922. His most known film is La Merveilleuse Vie de Jeanne d'Arc which he directed in 1929.
He discovered Dalida and promoted her in his film Le Masque de Toutankhamon in 1954.
Filmography
all 20
Movies 20
Director 14
Writer 1
Director
Une idée à l'eau (1942)
Movie
Director
Rothchild (1934)
Movie
Assistant Art Director
Attendez... chauffeur! (1933)
Movie
Director
Claudie dompteuse (1933)
Movie
Director
The Wandering Beast (1932)
Movie
Director
Un coup manqué (1932)
Movie
Director
A Beautiful Woman (1930)
Movie
Director
Saint Joan the Maid (1929)
Movie
Director
Mon coeur au ralenti (1928)
Movie
Director
Milady of Liban (1927)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
La chaussée des géants (1926)
Movie
Art Direction
The Devil in the City (1925)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
In'ch'Allah (1922)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
La croisade (1920)
Movie
ProductionDesigner
The Sultan of Love (1919)
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
Birthday1889-07-15
Deathday1982-11-08 (93 years old)
Birth NameMarc Henri Benoist
FatherJules de Gastyne
SiblingsGuy de Gastyne
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsPrix de Rome
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