- Name: Jean Vigo
- Date of Birth: April 26, 1905
- Place of Birth: Not available
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As the son of notorious French anarchist Eugene Bonaventure de Vigo (aka Miguel Almereyda), young Jean Vigo and his family were obliged to stay on the move, usually under assumed names. After his fath... read more
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Vigo was married and had a daughter in 1931. He died in 1934 of complications from tuberculosis, which he had contracted eight years earlier.
He also made two other films: À propos de Nice (1929), a subversive silent film examining social inequity in 1920s Nice; and Taris, roi de l'eau (1931), a motion study of swimmer Jean Taris.
Zéro de conduite was banned by the French government until after the war and L'Atalante was mutilated by its distributor. Both have outlived their detractors however and L'Atalante was chosen as the 10th-greatest film of all time in Sight & Sound's 1962 poll, and as the 6th-best in its 1992 poll.
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[edit] Biography
Vigo was born to Emily Clero and the prominent Spanish/Catalan militant anarchist Eugeni Bonaventura de Vigo i Sallés (who adopted the name Miguel Almereyda - an anagram of "y'a la merde", which translates as "there's the shit"). Much of his early life was spent on the run with his parents. His father was strangled in his cell in Fresnes Prison on the night of 13 August 1917 — allegedly the authorities were responsible. The young Vigo was subsequently sent to boarding school under an assumed name, Jean Sales, to conceal his identity.Vigo was married and had a daughter in 1931. He died in 1934 of complications from tuberculosis, which he had contracted eight years earlier.
[edit] Career
Vigo is noted for two films which affected the future development of both French and world cinema: Zéro de conduite (1933) and L'Atalante (1934).He also made two other films: À propos de Nice (1929), a subversive silent film examining social inequity in 1920s Nice; and Taris, roi de l'eau (1931), a motion study of swimmer Jean Taris.
Zéro de conduite was banned by the French government until after the war and L'Atalante was mutilated by its distributor. Both have outlived their detractors however and L'Atalante was chosen as the 10th-greatest film of all time in Sight & Sound's 1962 poll, and as the 6th-best in its 1992 poll.
[edit] Legacy
- The Prix Jean Vigo is an annual award given since 1951 to outstanding French film directors.
[edit] External links
- Jean Vigo at the Internet Movie Database
- Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
- Jean Vigo Page at The Anarchist Encyclopedia]
- Jean Vigo (Bibliotheca Augustana)
