---
name: "Marcel Pagnol"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcel-pagnol"
fi1m_id: "marcel-pagnol"
imdb_id: "nm0656528"
tmdb_id: 38393
wikidata_id: "Q236630"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "28 February 1895"
died: "18 April 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T02:44:38.470300+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Marcel Pagnol

## Identity

Marcel Pagnol

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marcel-pagnol
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marcel-pagnol
- **IMDb ID:** nm0656528
- **TMDB ID:** 38393
- **Wikidata ID:** Q236630
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Pagnol, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236630, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38393

Writer and director. Born 28 February 1895 in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Died 18 April 1974.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 28 February 1895, Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- **Died:** 18 April 1974
- **Active:** 1938–2025
- **Also known as:** مارسيل بانيول, 마르셀 파뇰, 마르셀 파놀
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 writing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (1), 1960s 70 (1), 2020s 61 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Pagnol, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236630, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38393

## Biography

Marcel Pagnol (28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright and filmmaker. Born in Aubagne, Bouches-du-Rhône, he trained as a teacher before turning to writing. He achieved early success with the play *Topaze* (1928) and the Marseille trilogy of plays *Marius* (1929), *Fanny* (1931) and *César* (1936).

In 1931 he moved into cinema, founding his own production company and directing films including *The Baker's Wife* (1938), on which he also wrote the screenplay and served as producer, and *The Well-Digger's Daughter* (1940). Later works include the novels *Jean de Florette* and *Manon of the Spring* (both 1962).

Pagnol was elected to the Académie française in 1946, the first filmmaker to receive the honour. His memoirs, beginning with *My Father's Glory* and *My Mother's Castle* (both 1957), became widely read.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1)

- *The Baker's Wife* (1938), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bakers-wife.md)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *A Magnificent Life* (2025), Fi1m 61, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/a-magnificent-life.md)
- *Fanny* (1961), Fi1m 70, Theatre Play — [page](https://film.one/film/fanny.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

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

- *Marius* (2026), Author, Dialogue
- *A Magnificent Life* (2025), Novel — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/a-magnificent-life.md)
- *The Time of Secrets* (2022), Novel
- *Fanny* (2013), Theatre Play
- *Marius* (2013), Theatre Play
- *The Well Digger's Daughter* (2011), Novel
- *Jules et Marcel* (2011), Author
- *Fanny* (2008), Writer
- *The Time of Love* (2007), Novel
- *The Time of Secrets* (2007), Novel
- *Ohnsorg Theater - Der goldene Anker* (2001), Writer
- *La Trilogie marseillaise* (2000), series, Writer, Creator
- *La femme du boulanger* (1999), Screenplay
- *My Mother's Castle* (1990), Novel
- *My Father's Glory* (1990), Novel
- *Manon of the Spring* (1986), Novel
- *Jean de Florette* (1986), Novel
- *Fanny* (1977), Writer
- *César* (1977), Writer
- *Marius* (1977), Writer
- *Nagham Fi Hayaty* (1975), Story, Novel
- *Alta comedia* (1970), series, Writer
- *Le Curé de Cucugnan* (1968), Director
- *Pekař a kočka* (1967), Theatre Play
- *Al-modeer Al-Fanni* (1965), Original Concept
- *Topaze* (1963), Theatre Play
- *Fanny* (1961), Theatre Play — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fanny.md)
- *Mr. Topaze* (1961), Theatre Play
- *Fanny* (1958), Book
- *Topaze* (1957), Writer
- *Letters from My Windmill* (1954), Director
- *Carnival* (1953), Screenplay, Producer
- *Manon of the Spring* (1953), Director, Dialogue, Producer, Writer
- *Ugolin* (1953), Writer, Dialogue, Director, Producer
- *Topaze* (1951), Scenario Writer, Director, Writer
- *The Ways of Love* (1950), Director
- *The Prize* (1950), Writer
- *L'île de lumière* (1950), Co-Producer
- *Flirtation in Spring* (1949), Theatre Play
- *Chansons de Marseille* (1949), Co-Producer
- *The Pretty Miller Girl* (1948), Director, Writer
- *Naïs* (1945), Writer, Director
- *La Prière aux étoiles* (1941), Scenario Writer, Writer, Director
- *La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)* (1941), Director, Scenario Writer, Writer
- *La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)* (1941), Director, Writer
- *The Well-Digger's Daughter* (1940), Director, Writer
- *The Baker's Wife* (1938), Director, Screenplay, Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bakers-wife.md)
- *Port of Seven Seas* (1938), Novel
- *Heartbeat* (1938), Director, Writer
- *Harvest* (1937), Director, Producer
- *César* (1936), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Topaze* (1936), Theatre Play, Director
- *Cigalon* (1935), Director, Writer
- *Merlusse* (1935), Director, Writer
- *Toni* (1935), Producer
- *Marseille* (1935), Producer
- *Tartarin of Tarascon* (1934), Scenario Writer, Producer
- *Angele* (1934), Director, Writer
- *Yacout* (1934), Story
- *The Black Whale* (1934), Theatre Play
- *Jofroi* (1934), Director, Screenplay
- *L'Agonie des aigles* (1933), Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Topaze* (1933), Theatre Play
- *Direct au coeur* (1933), Theatre Play, Screenplay
- *Topaze* (1933), Writer
- *Mr Poirier's Son-in-Law* (1933), Director, Writer
- *Fanny* (1932), Producer, Theatre Play, Screenplay
- *Longing for the Sea* (1931), Writer
- *Marius* (1931), Screenplay, Theatre Play, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Marcel Pagnol](https://film.one/media/person/94797/gallery-66da2eed8cd6.jpg) Marcel Pagnol — Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Pagnol_Harcourt_1948.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Marcel Pagnol](https://film.one/media/person/94797/gallery-fe50400e23c3.jpg) Marcel Pagnol — Image via TMDB
- ![Marcel Pagnol](https://film.one/media/person/94797/gallery-aa9c7da69b6c.jpg) Marcel Pagnol — Image via TMDB
- ![Marcel Pagnol](https://film.one/media/person/94797/gallery-262b9da5316c.jpg) Marcel Pagnol — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- Nobel Prize in Literature 1966: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès 1961: Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès (won)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1959: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)
- Nobel Prize in Literature 1956: Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated)

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

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