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Ferdinand Zecca (1864-1943)

Birthplace:
Paris, France

Born:
February 19, 1864

Died:
March 23, 1943

Biography from TheMovieDB

Ferdinand Zecca (19 February 1864 – 23 March 1947) was a pioneer French film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He worked primarily for the Pathé company, first in artistic endeavors then in administration of the internationally based company.

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Co-Director:
1905  The Incendiary

Director:
1899  Les méfaits d'une tête de veau
1901  A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)
1901  A Horrible Nightmare
1901  A Political Discussion
1901  Conquering the Skies
1901  Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
1901  Dream and Reality
1901  History of a Crime
1901  Impossible To Get a Plunge
1901  In a Hurry to Catch a Train
1901  Quo Vadis?
1901  Scenes From My Balcony
1901  The Fairy of the Black Rocks
1901  The Fantastic Plunger
1901  The Prodigal Son
1901  The Seven Castles of the Devil
1901  What Is Seen Through a Keyhole
1902  Alcohol and Its Victims
1902  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1902  Ingenious Soubrette
1902  Jésus au jardin des oliviers
1902  Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple
1902  Jésus devant Pilate
1902  Jésus succombe sous sa croix
1902  Nos bons moines
1902  Samson et Dalila
1902  The Dog and the Pipe
1902  The Fairy of Spring
1902  The Martinique Disaster
1902  The Marvelous Hen
1903  An Idyll Under a Tunnel
1903  Don Quichotte
1903  Jésus est présenté au peuple
1903  Jésus et la samaritaine
1903  Jésus parmi les docteurs
1903  La Vie d'un joueur
1903  Puss In Boots
1903  The Illusionist
1903  The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
1904  Le mitron
1904  The Strike
1904  The Wrong Door
1905  A Father's Honor
1905  Down in the Coal Mines
1905  Dream of the Moon
1905  Les apaches de Paris
1905  Marvellous Reversing
1905  Revolution in Russia
1905  Scenes of Convict Life
1905  Ten Wives For One Husband
1905  The Car and the Cripple
1905  The Incendiary
1905  The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels
1905  The Regret
1905  Vendetta!!
1905  Whence Does He Come?
1906  Fun After the Wedding
1907  Jealousy and Madness
1907  Life and Passion of Christ
1907  Métempsycose
1907  The Pearl Fisherman
1907  The Policemen's Little Run
1907  The Red Spectre
1907  Wonderful Mirrors
1908  A Diabolical Itching
1908  The Dreyfus Affair
1909  Le Voleur invisible
1910  Cléopâtre
1910  La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine
1910  Le caprice du vainqueur
1910  Slippery Jim
1912  Gold Fever
1913  When Paris Loves
1914  L'étoile du génie
1914  La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ
1914  La danse héroïque
1914  Struggle for Life
1915  The Old Tragedian
1919  Tears of Forgiveness
1919  The Martyrdom of a Queen

Other:
1899  Les méfaits d'une tête de veau
1901  A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)
1901  A Horrible Nightmare
1901  A Political Discussion
1901  Conquering the Skies
1901  Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
1901  Dream and Reality
1901  History of a Crime
1901  Impossible To Get a Plunge
1901  In a Hurry to Catch a Train
1901  Quo Vadis?
1901  Scenes From My Balcony
1901  The Fairy of the Black Rocks
1901  The Fantastic Plunger
1901  The Prodigal Son
1901  The Seven Castles of the Devil
1901  What Is Seen Through a Keyhole
1902  Alcohol and Its Victims
1902  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1902  Ingenious Soubrette
1902  Jésus au jardin des oliviers
1902  Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple
1902  Jésus devant Pilate
1902  Jésus succombe sous sa croix
1902  Nos bons moines
1902  Samson et Dalila
1902  The Dog and the Pipe
1902  The Fairy of Spring
1902  The Martinique Disaster
1902  The Marvelous Hen
1903  An Idyll Under a Tunnel
1903  Don Quichotte
1903  Jésus est présenté au peuple
1903  Jésus et la samaritaine
1903  Jésus parmi les docteurs
1903  La Vie d'un joueur
1903  Puss In Boots
1903  The Illusionist
1903  The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
1904  Le mitron
1904  The Strike
1904  The Wrong Door
1905  A Father's Honor
1905  Down in the Coal Mines
1905  Dream of the Moon
1905  Les apaches de Paris
1905  Marvellous Reversing
1905  Revolution in Russia
1905  Scenes of Convict Life
1905  Ten Wives For One Husband
1905  The Car and the Cripple
1905  The Incendiary
1905  The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels
1905  The Regret
1905  Vendetta!!
1905  Whence Does He Come?
1906  Fun After the Wedding
1907  Jealousy and Madness
1907  Life and Passion of Christ
1907  Métempsycose
1907  The Pearl Fisherman
1907  The Policemen's Little Run
1907  The Red Spectre
1907  Wonderful Mirrors
1908  A Diabolical Itching
1908  Excursion to the Moon
1908  The Dreyfus Affair
1909  Le Voleur invisible
1910  Cléopâtre
1910  La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine
1910  Le caprice du vainqueur
1910  Slippery Jim
1912  Gold Fever
1913  When Paris Loves
1914  L'étoile du génie
1914  La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ
1914  La danse héroïque
1914  Struggle for Life
1915  The Old Tragedian
1919  Tears of Forgiveness
1919  The Martyrdom of a Queen

Producer:
1899  Les méfaits d'une tête de veau
1901  A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)
1901  A Horrible Nightmare
1901  A Political Discussion
1901  Conquering the Skies
1901  Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
1901  Dream and Reality
1901  History of a Crime
1901  Impossible To Get a Plunge
1901  In a Hurry to Catch a Train
1901  Quo Vadis?
1901  Scenes From My Balcony
1901  The Fairy of the Black Rocks
1901  The Fantastic Plunger
1901  The Prodigal Son
1901  The Seven Castles of the Devil
1901  What Is Seen Through a Keyhole
1902  Alcohol and Its Victims
1902  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1902  Ingenious Soubrette
1902  Jésus au jardin des oliviers
1902  Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple
1902  Jésus devant Pilate
1902  Jésus succombe sous sa croix
1902  Nos bons moines
1902  Samson et Dalila
1902  The Dog and the Pipe
1902  The Fairy of Spring
1902  The Martinique Disaster
1902  The Marvelous Hen
1903  An Idyll Under a Tunnel
1903  Don Quichotte
1903  Jésus est présenté au peuple
1903  Jésus et la samaritaine
1903  Jésus parmi les docteurs
1903  La Vie d'un joueur
1903  Puss In Boots
1903  The Illusionist
1903  The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
1904  Le mitron
1904  The Strike
1904  The Wrong Door
1905  A Father's Honor
1905  Down in the Coal Mines
1905  Dream of the Moon
1905  Les apaches de Paris
1905  Marvellous Reversing
1905  Revolution in Russia
1905  Scenes of Convict Life
1905  Ten Wives For One Husband
1905  The Car and the Cripple
1905  The Incendiary
1905  The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels
1905  The Regret
1905  Vendetta!!
1905  Whence Does He Come?
1906  Fun After the Wedding
1907  Cinderella
1907  Jealousy and Madness
1907  Life and Passion of Christ
1907  Max Learns to Skate
1907  Métempsycose
1907  The Pearl Fisherman
1907  The Policemen's Little Run
1907  The Red Spectre
1907  Wonderful Mirrors
1908  A Diabolical Itching
1908  Don Juan
1908  Excursion to the Moon
1908  The Dreyfus Affair
1909  Le Voleur invisible
1910  Cléopâtre
1910  La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine
1910  Le caprice du vainqueur
1910  Slippery Jim
1912  Gold Fever
1913  Boireau swordsman
1913  When Paris Loves
1914  L'étoile du génie
1914  La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ
1914  La danse héroïque
1914  Struggle for Life
1915  The Old Tragedian
1919  Tears of Forgiveness
1919  The Martyrdom of a Queen

Scenario Writer:
1899  Les méfaits d'une tête de veau
1901  A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)
1901  A Horrible Nightmare
1901  A Political Discussion
1901  Conquering the Skies
1901  Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
1901  Dream and Reality
1901  History of a Crime
1901  Impossible To Get a Plunge
1901  In a Hurry to Catch a Train
1901  Quo Vadis?
1901  Scenes From My Balcony
1901  The Fairy of the Black Rocks
1901  The Fantastic Plunger
1901  The Prodigal Son
1901  The Seven Castles of the Devil
1901  What Is Seen Through a Keyhole
1902  Alcohol and Its Victims
1902  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1902  Ingenious Soubrette
1902  Jésus au jardin des oliviers
1902  Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple
1902  Jésus devant Pilate
1902  Jésus succombe sous sa croix
1902  Nos bons moines
1902  Samson et Dalila
1902  The Dog and the Pipe
1902  The Fairy of Spring
1902  The Martinique Disaster
1902  The Marvelous Hen
1903  An Idyll Under a Tunnel
1903  Don Quichotte
1903  Jésus est présenté au peuple
1903  Jésus et la samaritaine
1903  Jésus parmi les docteurs
1903  La Vie d'un joueur
1903  Puss In Boots
1903  The Illusionist
1903  The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
1904  Le mitron
1904  The Strike
1904  The Wrong Door
1905  A Father's Honor
1905  Down in the Coal Mines
1905  Dream of the Moon
1905  Les apaches de Paris
1905  Marvellous Reversing
1905  Revolution in Russia
1905  Scenes of Convict Life
1905  Ten Wives For One Husband
1905  The Car and the Cripple
1905  The Incendiary
1905  The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels
1905  The Regret
1905  Vendetta!!
1905  Whence Does He Come?
1906  Fun After the Wedding
1907  Cinderella
1907  Jealousy and Madness
1907  Life and Passion of Christ
1907  Max Learns to Skate
1907  Métempsycose
1907  The Pearl Fisherman
1907  The Policemen's Little Run
1907  The Red Spectre
1907  Wonderful Mirrors
1908  A Diabolical Itching
1908  Don Juan
1908  Excursion to the Moon
1908  The Dreyfus Affair
1909  Le Voleur invisible
1910  Cléopâtre
1910  La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine
1910  Le caprice du vainqueur
1910  Slippery Jim
1912  Gold Fever
1913  Boireau swordsman
1913  When Paris Loves
1914  L'étoile du génie
1914  La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ
1914  La danse héroïque
1914  Struggle for Life
1915  The Old Tragedian
1919  Tears of Forgiveness
1919  The Martyrdom of a Queen

Screenplay:
1899  Les méfaits d'une tête de veau
1901  A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)
1901  A Horrible Nightmare
1901  A Political Discussion
1901  Conquering the Skies
1901  Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
1901  Dream and Reality
1901  History of a Crime
1901  Impossible To Get a Plunge
1901  In a Hurry to Catch a Train
1901  Quo Vadis?
1901  Scenes From My Balcony
1901  The Fairy of the Black Rocks
1901  The Fantastic Plunger
1901  The Prodigal Son
1901  The Seven Castles of the Devil
1901  What Is Seen Through a Keyhole
1902  Alcohol and Its Victims
1902  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1902  Ingenious Soubrette
1902  Jésus au jardin des oliviers
1902  Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple
1902  Jésus devant Pilate
1902  Jésus succombe sous sa croix
1902  Nos bons moines
1902  Samson et Dalila
1902  The Dog and the Pipe
1902  The Fairy of Spring
1902  The Martinique Disaster
1902  The Marvelous Hen
1903  An Idyll Under a Tunnel
1903  Don Quichotte
1903  Jésus est présenté au peuple
1903  Jésus et la samaritaine
1903  Jésus parmi les docteurs
1903  La Vie d'un joueur
1903  Puss In Boots
1903  The Illusionist
1903  The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
1904  Le mitron
1904  The Strike
1904  The Wrong Door
1905  A Father's Honor
1905  Down in the Coal Mines
1905  Dream of the Moon
1905  Les apaches de Paris
1905  Marvellous Reversing
1905  Revolution in Russia
1905  Scenes of Convict Life
1905  Ten Wives For One Husband
1905  The Car and the Cripple
1905  The Incendiary
1905  The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels
1905  The Regret
1905  Vendetta!!
1905  Whence Does He Come?
1906  Fun After the Wedding
1907  Cinderella
1907  Jealousy and Madness
1907  Life and Passion of Christ
1907  Max Learns to Skate
1907  Métempsycose
1907  The Pearl Fisherman
1907  The Policemen's Little Run
1907  The Red Spectre
1907  Wonderful Mirrors
1908  A Diabolical Itching
1908  Don Juan
1908  Excursion to the Moon
1908  The Dreyfus Affair
1909  Le Voleur invisible
1910  Cléopâtre
1910  La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine
1910  Le caprice du vainqueur
1910  Slippery Jim
1912  Gold Fever
1913  Boireau swordsman
1913  When Paris Loves
1914  L'étoile du génie
1914  La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ
1914  La danse héroïque
1914  Struggle for Life
1915  The Old Tragedian
1919  Tears of Forgiveness
1919  The Martyrdom of a Queen

Writer:
1899  Les méfaits d'une tête de veau
1901  A Bad Rich Man (A Christmas Story)
1901  A Horrible Nightmare
1901  A Political Discussion
1901  Conquering the Skies
1901  Drama at the Bottom of the Sea
1901  Dream and Reality
1901  History of a Crime
1901  Impossible To Get a Plunge
1901  In a Hurry to Catch a Train
1901  Quo Vadis?
1901  Scenes From My Balcony
1901  The Fairy of the Black Rocks
1901  The Fantastic Plunger
1901  The Prodigal Son
1901  The Seven Castles of the Devil
1901  What Is Seen Through a Keyhole
1902  Alcohol and Its Victims
1902  Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1902  Ingenious Soubrette
1902  Jésus au jardin des oliviers
1902  Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple
1902  Jésus devant Pilate
1902  Jésus succombe sous sa croix
1902  Nos bons moines
1902  Samson et Dalila
1902  The Dog and the Pipe
1902  The Fairy of Spring
1902  The Martinique Disaster
1902  The Marvelous Hen
1903  An Idyll Under a Tunnel
1903  Don Quichotte
1903  Jésus est présenté au peuple
1903  Jésus et la samaritaine
1903  Jésus parmi les docteurs
1903  La Vie d'un joueur
1903  Puss In Boots
1903  The Illusionist
1903  The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ
1904  Le mitron
1904  The Strike
1904  The Wrong Door
1905  A Father's Honor
1905  Down in the Coal Mines
1905  Dream of the Moon
1905  Les apaches de Paris
1905  Marvellous Reversing
1905  Revolution in Russia
1905  Scenes of Convict Life
1905  Ten Wives For One Husband
1905  The Car and the Cripple
1905  The Incendiary
1905  The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels
1905  The Regret
1905  Vendetta!!
1905  Whence Does He Come?
1906  Fun After the Wedding
1906  Miniature Theatre
1907  Cinderella
1907  Jealousy and Madness
1907  Life and Passion of Christ
1907  Max Learns to Skate
1907  Métempsycose
1907  The Pearl Fisherman
1907  The Policemen's Little Run
1907  The Red Spectre
1907  Wonderful Mirrors
1908  A Diabolical Itching
1908  Don Juan
1908  Excursion to the Moon
1908  The Dreyfus Affair
1909  Le Voleur invisible
1910  Cléopâtre
1910  La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine
1910  Le caprice du vainqueur
1910  Slippery Jim
1912  Gold Fever
1913  Boireau swordsman
1913  When Paris Loves
1914  L'étoile du génie
1914  La Vie et la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ
1914  La danse héroïque
1914  Struggle for Life
1915  The Old Tragedian
1919  Tears of Forgiveness
1919  The Martyrdom of a Queen

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