Biography
Jacques de Baroncelli (25 June 1881 – 12 January 1951) was a French film director best known for his silent films from 1915 to the late 1930s. He came from a Florentine family who had settled in Provence in the 15th century, occupying a building in the centre of Avignon then called the Baroncelli Palace (now the Palais du Roure). His father's side of the family were of Tuscan origin and part of the Ghibelline tradition, and they were hereditary Marquises of Javon. Though somewhat aristocratic, the family spoke Provençal, which was rather controversial at a time when it was considered to be a language of the common people. His older brother was Folco de Baroncelli-Javon. He directed well over 80 films between 1915 and 1948 and, in the 1940s, released numerous films in the United States and Italy. One of his films, a version of the Pierre Louÿs novel La Femme et le pantin (1928) was filmed in the experimental Keller-Dorian colour process.
Directed 42
1940s
- 1948
The Revenge of Baccarat
Director
Rocambole
Director
- 1946
The Sea Rose
Director
As Long As I Live
Director
- 1945
Destitute Mary
Director
- 1943
Mysteries of Paris
Director
- 1942
Haut le vent
Director
Soyez les bienvenus
Director
Wicked Duchess
Director
- 1941
Ce n'est pas moi
Director
The Pavilion Burns
Director
Volpone
Director
- 1940
The French Way
Director
African Diary
Director
1930s
- 1938
S.O.S. Sahara
Director
Beautiful Star
Director
- 1937
Feu!
Director
- 1936
Nitchevo
Director
Michel Strogoff
Director
- 1935
Aux portes de Paris
Director
King of the Camargue
Director
- 1934
Chansons de Paris
Director
Cease Firing
Director
Crainquebille
Director
- 1933
In Old Alsace
Director
Gitanes
Director
- 1932
The Last Blow
Director
- 1931
I'll Be Alone After Midnight
Director
- 1930
1920s
- 1929
The Woman and the Puppet
Director
- 1928
The Duel
Director
- 1926
Essais d'acteurs : Ève Francis
Director
- 1925
The Awakening
Director
Before the Battle
Director
- 1924
Iceland Fisherman
Director
La Flambée des rêves
Director
The Midnight Chimes
Director
- 1923
La Légende de sœur Béatrix
Director
- 1921
- 1920
She Played and Paid
Director
Wrote 12
1950s
- 1954
One Step to Eternity
Dialogue
1930s
- 1937
Feu!
Writer
- 1936
Nitchevo
Screenplay
- 1931
The Terror of Batignolles
Writer
- 1930
1920s
- 1929
The Woman and the Puppet
Scenario Writer
- 1928
The Duel
Writer
- 1926
- 1925
Before the Battle
Writer
- 1924
Iceland Fisherman
Writer
- 1921
1910s
- 1919
The Cigarette
Writer
Produced 2
1940s
- 1940
The French Way
Producer
1920s
- 1924
Iceland Fisherman
Producer