Marcel Camus
Marcel Camus was a French film director. He is best known for Orfeu Negro , which won the Palme dOr at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the 1960 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Camus was born in Chappes, Ardennes, France and died in Paris. He studied art and intended to become an art teacher. However, World War II interrupted his plans. He spent part of the war in a German prisonerofwar camp.
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