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Jules DassinAmerican director Died: March 31, 2008 Best Known as: American director, screenwriter, and actor who was blacklisted
in the United States
Deathplace: Athens, Greece
Jules Dassin was a film director, screenwriter, and actor who became
successful in Europe after being blacklisted from Hollywood in the 1950s.
Dassin is well-known for his films such as "Never on Sunday" (1960),
"Topkapi" (1964), and "Riffi" (1954). He left Hollywood for France in 1953
because as a former Communist Party member (1930-1939), he was
blacklisted. He won a best-director award in the 1955 Cannes Film Festival
for "Riffi," the first film he made in France. Dassin had a successful
career abroad, and directed again in the United States in the late
1960s.
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- Jules Dassin - Biography of Jules Dassin, Deathplace: Athens, Greece
- Never on Sunday (1960) - Starring Melina Mercouri, George Foundas, Jules Dassin, Titos Vandis, Mitsos Liguisos
- Up Tight! - Starring Raymond St. Jacques, Ruby Dee, Frank Silvera, Roscoe Lee Browne, Julian Mayfield
- The Rehearsal - Starring Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, Giorgos Panoussopoulos, Stathis Giallelis, Olympia Dukakis
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