Gaston Ravel

{{short description|French filmmaker and film director}} {{Infobox person | name = Gaston Ravel | image = Gaston Ravel.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 28 October 1878 | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = 23 February 1958 | death_place = Cannes, France | birth_name = Gaston Pierre Achille Ravel | other_names = Gaston Levar | occupation = Director, Screenwriter | years_active = 1914 - 1934 (film) }} '''Gaston Ravel''' ({{IPA|fr|ɡastɔ̃ ʁavɛl}}; 1878–1958) was a French screenwriter and film director. He made over sixty films, mostly during the silent era. In 1929 he co-directed the historical film ''The Queen's Necklace''.<ref>Klossner p.77</ref> He directed Musidora in various shorts.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bona |first=Dominique |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Colette_et_les_siennes/DPMTDgAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Gaston+Ravel&pg=PT117&printsec=frontcover |title=Colette et les siennes: biographie |date=2017-03-01 |publisher=Grasset |isbn=978-2-246-81286-9 |language=fr}}</ref>

Jacques Feyder was his assistant director on ''Des pieds et des mains''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fescourt |first=Henri |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/La_foi_et_les_montagnes/x7UAEQAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Gaston+Ravel&pg=PA270&printsec=frontcover |title=La foi et les montagnes: Ou Le septième art au passé |date=1959-01-01 |publisher=FeniXX |isbn=978-2-307-36039-1 |language=fr}}</ref> and ''Monsieur Pinson policier,'' in which he played'',''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boulanger |first=Pierre |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Le_cin%C3%A9ma_colonial_de_L_Atlantide_%C3%A0_La/NM1XDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Gaston+Ravel&pg=PA1909&printsec=frontcover |title=Le cinéma colonial : de L'Atlantide à Lawrence d'Arabie |date=1975-01-01 |publisher=Seghers (réédition numérique FeniXX) |isbn=978-2-232-12902-5 |language=fr}}</ref> before directing his first feature ''L'Atlantide''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ford |first=Charles |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Histoire_moderne_du_cin%C3%A9ma/3XGJDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Gaston+Ravel&pg=PT6&printsec=frontcover |title=Histoire moderne du cinéma |date=1987-01-01 |publisher=(Marabout) réédition numérique FeniXX |isbn=978-2-7062-2559-8 |language=fr}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''The Knot'' (1921) * ''Ferragus'' (1923) * ''The Advocate'' (1925) * ''Jocaste'' (1925) * ''Mademoiselle Josette, My Woman'' (1926) * ''A Gentleman of the Ring'' (1926) * ''Madame Récamier'' (1928) * ''The Queen's Necklace'' (1929) * ''Figaro'' (1929) * ''The Stranger'' (1931) * ''Fanatisme'' (1934) * ''The Rosary'' (1934)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Klossner, Michael. ''The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000''. McFarland, 2002.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0712304}}

{{Authority control}} {{Gaston Ravel}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ravel, Gaston}} Category:Film directors from Paris Category:1878 births Category:1958 deaths Category:French male screenwriters Category:20th-century French screenwriters Category:Silent film screenwriters Category:20th-century French male writers