Family tree of Charles SPAAK

Director

Belgian Born Charles Émile Léon SPAAK

Belgian screenwriter

Born on May 25, 1903 in Sint-Gilles, België

Died on March 05, 1975 in Nice, France

Born on may 25 42

Deceased on march 05 29

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Spaak

Jacques Louis Charles

1804 - 1893

Hommel

Philippine Antoinette

1808 - 1861

Janson

Jean Émile

Dery

Marie Pauline

Amoré

Lambert Joseph

1811 - 1868

Vallée

Marie Alexandrine Augustine

1828 - 1902

Spaak

Charles Louis Jean

1834 - 1911

Billoin

Marie Elisabeth Antoinette

1838 - 1900

Janson

Paul

1840 - 1913

Amoré

Anne Augustine

1849 - 1932

Spaak

Paul Louis François

1871 - 1936

Janson

Marie Anne Augustine

1873 - 1960

Spaak

Charles Émile Léon

1903 - 1975

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Charles Spaak was born in Brussels into a prominent Belgian family. In 1928 he moved to Paris and took a post as secretary to the film-maker Jacques Feyder, who then asked him to work on the adaptation of a stage play for his film Les Nouveaux Messieurs. He also worked as head of publicity for the production company Albatros. He went on to write the screenplays for Feyder's most important films of the 1930s: Le Grand Jeu, Pension Mimosas, and La Kermesse héroïque. Spaak was also in demand to work with other leading directors. During the 1930s he worked with Julien Duvivier on La Bandera (1935) and La Belle Équipe (1936), and with Jean Grémillon on La Petite Lise (1930) and Gueule d'amour (1937). He also collaborated with Jean Renoir on two of his major films, Les Bas Fonds (1936) and La Grande Illusion (1937).