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Marker, Chris, 1921-2012

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Personal name headingMarker, Chris, 1921-2012
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Variant(s)Bouche-Villeneuve, Christian François, 1921-2012
Villeneuve, Christian François Bouche-, 1921-2012
Associated countryFrance
Birth date1921-07-29
Death date2012-07-29
Field of activityExperimental films
Profession or occupationMotion picture producers and directors
Found inLe cœur net, 1949: t.p. (Chris Marker)
Le Joli mai [VR] 198-?: credits (Chris Marker)
Internat'l dict. of films & filmmakers, 1984: v. 2, p. 353 (Marker, Chris; b. Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, Neuilly sur Seine, July 29, 1921; earlier novelist, poet, journalist)
Guardian WWW site, July 30, 2012 (Chris Marker; b. Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, July 29, 1921; d. July 30, 2012; experimental French director acclaimed for his post-apocalyptic film La jetée)
New York times WWW site, July 31, 2012 (Chris Marker; b. Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, July 29, 1921 (he once claimed he was born in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, though some sources have cited his place of birth as the Parisian suburb Neuilly-sur-Seine); d. Sunday [July 29, 2012], Paris, aged 91; enigmatic writer, photographer, filmmaker, and multimedia artist who pioneered the flexible hybrid form known as the essay film)
Wikipedia, viewed June 5, 2019 (place of birth is highly disputed; some sources and Marker himself claim that he was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; other sources say he was born in Belleville, Paris; other sources claim he was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; 1949 edition of Le Cœur Net specifies his birthday as 22 July)
National bib agency no.1031G1770E
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