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Jean Grémillon

Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (died 1959)

Born
October 3, 1901
Died
November 25, 1959
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1901

About Jean Grémillon

Jean Grémillon was a French film director. Jean Grémillon was born on October 3, 1901. He asked Grémillon to direct what would be his first full-length feature, Maldone (Misdeal), with a screenplay by the novelist and playwright Alexandre Arnoux. Grémillon's first sound films, La Petite Lise (1930) and Daïnah la métisse (1932), were not commercially successful despite their originality, and for the next few years he had to move abroad to find further work.

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The world when Jean Grémillon was born

Jean Grémillon was born in 1901. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1901

  • Best-selling book"The Crisis" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst American League season
  • Top headlinePresident McKinley assassinated — Roosevelt becomes president
  • Technology milestoneFirst transatlantic radio signal by Marconi
  • World population~1.61B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley / Theodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population77.6M

1901 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jean Grémillon's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19012026
Population77.6M341 million

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