Abel Gance

Biography

Abel Gance was a French film director, producer, writer, and actor born in Paris in 1889. He gained recognition for three silent films: J'accuse (1919), La Roue (1923), and Napoléon (1927). His work on Napoléon, which he continued to edit throughout his life, was deemed a pioneering use of the medium by film historian Kevin Brownlow, who presented a five-hour version in 1979.