Louis de rochemont biography
- Louis Clark de Rochemont (January 13, 1899 – December 23, 1978) was an American filmmaker known for creating, along with Roy E. Larsen.
- Louis de Rochemont, the maverick filmmaker and documentarian whose The Fighting Lady (1944) won an Oscar, was born in Chelsea Massachusetts in 1899.
- Louis de Rochemont was a film producer best known for creating The March of Time, a series of short subjects introducing pictorial journalism to the screen.
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| Louis de Rochemont in Hollywood NH |
HISTORY MATTERS
He was, by many accounts, a tough guy to work with. His single Academy Award was for a 1944 documentary, but he longed to produce dramas ripped from the headlines. Fiercely independent, he produced a romance, a cartoon, travel and experimental films, docu0drams, film n’oire and the incredible March of Time.
The (as yet) unwritten biography
There is an unwritten book about Louis de Rochemont rattling inside my brain. Portsmouth’s maverick filmmaker has no biographer, perhaps for good reason. Although financially successful, he never achieved the fame or critical acclaim he desired. Today his movies are not as much classics, as footnotes in the history of American film. Yet the extraordinary range, risk, and raw entrepreneurial energy of his many movie projects are compelling when seen as a whole. I have been pitching the book idea for years, but so far, no takers.
He has been hailed as "the father of the docu-drama", although mostly by me. Louis de Rochemont (1899-1978) had a passion for reconstructin
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Archives West Finding Aid
Sub-series 1. General
Twentieth Century Fox
De Rochemont Companies – Agreements and Memos,
De Rochemont Companies – Correspondence
De Rochemont Companies – Correspondence – Promotional,
De Rochemont Companies – Correspondence – Reis,
De Rochemont Companies – Invitations Declined,
De Rochemont Companies – Proposals
De Rochemont Companies – Prospects
De Rochemont Companies – Prospectus
De Rochemont Companies – Publicity
De Rochemont Companies – RD-DR Corp.
Sub-series 2. Individual Projects
13 Rue Madeleine - Sy Bartlett Material
13 Rue Madeleine – Correspondence
13 Rue Madeleine – Outlines
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de Rochemont, Louis
Producer. Nationality: American. Born: Louis Clark de Rochemont in Chelsea, Massachusetts, 13 January 1899. Education: Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Naval Aviation School; Harvard Naval Cadet School. Military Service: British Military Intelligence, 1916–17; officer in U.S. Navy, 1917–23. Family: Married Virginia Shaler, 1929, son: the filmmaker Louis de Rochemont III, daughter: Virginia. Career: 1923–29—cameraman for International and for Pathé News; director of short-film program, 20th Century-Fox (Adventures of a Newsreel Cameraman and Magic Carpets of Movietone series); 1933—created (with Roy E. Larsen) The March of Time series of newsreels; 1940—first feature; 1943–46—producer, 20th Century-Fox; then founder, Louis de Rochemont Associates: producer of The Earth and Its Peoples educational series, and made films in Cinerama and other wide-screen processes. Awards: Special Academy Award, for The March of Time, 1936. Died: 23 December 1978.
Films as Producer:
- 1933–43
The March of Time (series
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