Jacques Nahum
French film producer and film director (1921–2017)
Jacques Nahum (27 February 1921 – 21 July 2017) was a French director, screenwriter, and producer, famed for producing the cult television show Arsène Lupin, descended from the Pallache family.
Background
Jacques Nahum was born on 27 February 1921 in Cairo, Egypt. His Sephardic Jewish parents were Joab Nahum of İzmir, Turkey, and Fortunée Palacci of Cairo, Egypt; he had one brother, Robert (1925–1973). Nahum arrived in Paris at the age of 24 and in 1945 began to study at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC, since 1988 La Fémis).
Career
John Berry
By the late 1940s, Nahum was an assistant director. In the 1950s, Nahum was first assistant director to American film director John Berry.
Berry went to France to escape the impact of the Hollywood Blacklist. Early in 1950, his documentary The Hollywood Ten was released; thereafter, fellow director Edward Dmytryk denounced him as a communist. After two movies in 1951–1952, Berry hit a dry spell. French film distributor David Medioni hired him for French-distributed movies on a low salary plus percentage in the films.
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