AKA: Jacques Frederix
Nationality: Belgian
Birthdate: 07/21/1885
Birthplace: Ixelles, Belgium
Death Date: 05/25/1948
In films as an actor from 1913 and director from 1916. Feyder's lyrical handling of realistic subject-matter created some of the finest French films of the 1920s, including "Crainquebille" (1923), "Visage d'enfants" (1924) and the celebrated Zola adaptation, "Therese Raquin" (1928). After a brief sojourn in Hollywood he assured his place as a key figure of "poetic realism" with a series of films starring his wife Francoise Rosay and co-written by Charles Spaak. Feyder's assistant during this period was future director Marcel Carne.
1906
Worked in family's cannon foundry
1912
Film acting debut in a Georges Melies fantasy
1915
Film debut as co-director, "Monsieur Pinson, policier"
