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name: "Jacques Ertaud"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 November 1924"
died: "18 November 1995"
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updated: "2026-09-25T07:42:16.525630+00:00"
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# Jacques Ertaud

## Identity

Jacques Ertaud

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacques-ertaud
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jacques-ertaud
- **IMDb ID:** nm0259896
- **TMDB ID:** 96796
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3158850
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ertaud, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3158850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96796

Actor. Born 18 November 1924 in Paris, France. Died 18 November 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 November 1924, Paris, France
- **Died:** 18 November 1995
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ertaud, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3158850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0259896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96796

## Biography

Jacques Ertaud (18 November 1924 – 18 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He appeared as Orsini in Robert Bresson's *A Man Escaped* (1956).

Ertaud co-directed the mountaineering documentary *Stars at Noon* (1959) with Marcel Ichac; the film was entered in the 9th Berlin International Film Festival. He later directed numerous television dramas and series, including *Maria Vandamme* (1989) and *Le prix du silence* (1989).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Man Escaped* (1956), Fi1m 90, as Orsini — [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-escaped.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *First On The Rope* (1999), series, Adaptation
- *Les Allumettes suédoises* (1996), Director
- *Les Allumettes suédoises* (1996), series, Director, Creator
- *Un jour avant l'aube* (1994), Director
- *Retour à Malaveil* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Maria Vandamme* (1989), series, Director
- *Haute tension* (1988), series, Director
- *Le Temps D'Anaïs* (1987), Director
- *La Terre et le Moulin* (1984), series, Director
- *Série noire* (1984), series, Director
- *Sans famille* (1981), series, Director, Creator
- *Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot* (1981), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude* (1980), Director
- *L'Âge bête* (1980), Teleplay, Director, Writer
- *K2 La Montagne Inachevée* (1980), Director, Screenplay
- *Ne pleure pas* (1978), Director
- *La Mort amoureuse* (1977), Director
- *Police Commissioner Moulin* (1976), series, Director
- *Death of a Guide* (1975), Director, Screenplay
- *La Ligne de démarcation* (1973), series, Director
- *la ligne de démarcation* (1973), series, Creator
- *La Tuile à loups* (1972), Director
- *Snows of Grenoble* (1968), Director, Producer
- *L'Homme du Picardie* (1968), series, Director, Original Music Composer
- *Anatomy of a First* (1966), Writer, Director
- *Les rendez-vous de l'été* (1966), Director
- *The Link and the Chain* (1963), Director
- *Vive Le Tour* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Stars at Noon* (1959), Director
- *Hoggar* (1959), Director, Writer, Cinematography
- *The Sunken Galley* (1957), Writer, Director
- *A Man Escaped* (1956), as Orsini — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-escaped.md)
- *La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse* (1955), Director
- *Les Coulisses De L'Exploit*, series, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Officer of the Legion of Honour 1994: Officer of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Officer of the National Order of Merit 1985: Officer of the National Order of Merit (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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