Léonide Moguy

Léonide Moguy
Born Léonide Maguilevsky
(1899-07-14)14 July 1899
St. Petersburg, Russia
Died 21 April 1976(1976-04-21) (aged 76)
Paris, France

Léonide Moguy (14 July 1899 – 21 April 1976) was a Russian born French film director, screenwriter and film editor .

Moguy was born Léonide Maguilevsky in 1899.[1] He was active in film between 1936 and 1961. His work has influenced American director Quentin Tarantino, who discovered him while writing the script for Inglourious Basterds.[2]

Personal life

One of Moguy's early companions was the fashion designer Jacques Fath, a sometime actor who appeared in an early Moguy film.

Selected filmography

Notes and references

  1. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 116.
  2. Quentin Tarantino interview at Times Talks, excerpt on YouTube


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