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Jacques Viot

Career

Active from 1936 to 1964, busiest in 1954 and 1962 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Daybreak
Daybreak
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jacques Viot Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic French Cinema 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Forbidden Love 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

4 titles
O Santo Módico
O Santo Módico (1964)

Story

Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise (1962)

Writer

Le Tout pour le tout
Le Tout pour le tout (1962)

Story

The Pioneers
The Pioneers (1960)

Writer

1950s

8 titles · average score 71
Black Orpheus
Black Orpheus (1959)
GoodWatch score 80

Adaptation, Dialogue

The Crazy Hostel
The Crazy Hostel (1957)

Writer

House on the Waterfront
House on the Waterfront (1955)

Writer

Air of Paris
Air of Paris (1954)
GoodWatch score 65

Novel

Il prigioniero del re
Il prigioniero del re (1954)

Screenplay

The Call of Destiny
The Call of Destiny (1953)

Writer

The Forest of Farewell
The Forest of Farewell (1952)

Writer

Juliette, or Key of Dreams
Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951)
GoodWatch score 69

Adaptation

1940s

4 titles · average score 61
The Long Night
The Long Night (1947)
GoodWatch score 57

Screenplay

Back Streets of Paris
Back Streets of Paris (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

Dialogue, Scenario Writer

Carmen
Carmen (1944)

Adaptation

Marie-Martine
Marie-Martine (1943)

Screenplay

1930s

4 titles · average score 86
Daybreak
Daybreak (1939)
GoodWatch score 86

Writer

Fahrendes Volk
Fahrendes Volk (1938)

Writer

The Tamer
The Tamer (1938)

Dialogue

Under Western Eyes
Under Western Eyes (1936)

Writer