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'''Charles Méré''' (29 January 1883 – 2 October 1970) was a [[France|French]] film director, screenwriter and playwright.
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| caption = Méré at the CISAC Congress in Warsaw (1934)
| birth_name = Auguste Charles Alexandre Méré
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|01|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Marseille]], France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|10|02|1883|01|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Paris]], France
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| occupation = Playwright, screenwriter, director
| nationality = French
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| children = Piere Méré
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'''Charles Méré''' (29 January 1883 – 2 October 1970) was a [[France|French]] film director, screenwriter, and playwright.


==Biography==
==Biography==
He was born in [[Marseille]], France and was president of the ''[[Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques]]'' (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, or SACD) from 1929 to 1944.
Méré was born in [[Marseille]], France and was president of the ''[[Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques]]'' (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, or SACD) from 1929 to 1944.


Méré was the author of 41 plays, including six for the [[Grand Guignol]], and librettist of three lyrical dramas.
Méré was the author of 41 plays, including six for the [[Grand Guignol]], and librettist of three lyrical dramas.
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==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
* ''[[The Masked Woman]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Golden Venus]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Golden Venus]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Serge Panine (1939 film)|Serge Panine]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Serge Panine (1939 film)|Serge Panine]]'' (1939)

Revision as of 22:02, 12 January 2018

Charles Méré
Méré at the CISAC Congress in Warsaw (1934)
Méré at the CISAC Congress in Warsaw (1934)
BornAuguste Charles Alexandre Méré
(1883-01-29)29 January 1883
Marseille, France
Died2 October 1970(1970-10-02) (aged 87)
Paris, France
OccupationPlaywright, screenwriter, director
NationalityFrench
ChildrenPiere Méré

Charles Méré (29 January 1883 – 2 October 1970) was a French film director, screenwriter, and playwright.

Biography

Méré was born in Marseille, France and was president of the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, or SACD) from 1929 to 1944.

Méré was the author of 41 plays, including six for the Grand Guignol, and librettist of three lyrical dramas.

He co-produced two films and a couple of movies were made from his works.

Selected filmography

References