Jacques Charby

{{Expand French|topic=bio|Jacques Charby|date=January 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Jacques Charby | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|6|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|1|1|1929|6|13|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris, France | other_names = | occupation = Actor, director, writer | years_active = 1956–2000 }} '''Jacques Charby''' (13 June 1929 – 1 January 2006) was a French actor, director, writer, and outspoken activist against colonialism during the Algerian War. A member of the Réseau Jeanson or Jeanson network, he cooperated with Algeria's National Liberation Front in the fight for Algerian independence. He also wrote the first feature-length film chronicling Algerian Independence, entitled ''So Young a Peace'', which was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1965">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1965 |title=4th Moscow International Film Festival (1965) |accessdate=2012-12-08 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116145645/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1965 |archivedate=2013-01-16 }}</ref>

==Life and work== Charby was born Jacques Charbit in Paris.

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0152798|Jacques Charby}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Charby, Jacques}} Category:1929 births Category:2006 deaths Category:French Trotskyists Category:French film directors Category:Members of the National Liberation Front (Algeria) Category:Male actors from Paris Category:20th-century French male actors