Jacques Demy

The director and screenwriter Jacques Demy (1931 - 1990) was one of the most approachable filmmakers of the French New Wave. Uninterested in the formal experimentation of Alain Resnais, or the political agitation of Jean-Luc Godard, Demy instead created a self-contained fantasy world closer to that of François Truffaut, drawing on musicals, fairytales and the golden age of Hollywood.

References

Books

• Thomson, David (1975). Biographical Dictionary of Film (3rd ed.). London: Andre Deutsch. ISBN 0-233-98953-6

Magazines

• Rafferty, Terrence (Apr. 16, 1996). The Past Recaptured. The New Yorker.

Websites

• Acquarello (1998). Strictly Film School: Jacques Demy
• Internet Movie Database
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database