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 17
Movies 17
Director 14
Director
Trique, gamin de Paris (1962)
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Director
Le masque de Toutankhamon (1956)
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Director
Une idée à l'eau (1942)
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Director
La Reine des resquilleuses (1937)
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Director
Rothchild (1934)
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Assistant Art Director
Attendez... chauffeur! (1933)
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Director
Un coup manqué (1932)
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Director
The Wandering Beast (1932)
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Director
A Beautiful Woman (1930)
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Director
Saint Joan the Maid (1929)
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Director
Madonna of the Sleeping Cars (1928)
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Director
Mon coeur au ralenti (1928)
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Director
Milady of Liban (1927)
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Art Direction
The Devil in the City (1925)
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Director
In'ch'Allah (1922)
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ProductionDesigner
La croisade (1920)
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Production Design
The Sultan of Love (1919)
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Ratings
Average 2.77
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1928
1932
1933
1962
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1889-07-15
Deathday1982-11-08 (93 years old)
Birth NameMarc Henri Benoist
Birth Place17th arrondissement of Paris, France
FatherJules de Gastyne
SiblingsGuy de Gastyne
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsPrix de Rome
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