# Marcel Ichac > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcel_Ichac > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcel_Ichac.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Ichac > Source revision: 1323062871 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French mountain climber and film director (1906–1994)}} {{Infobox person | name = Marcel Ichac | image = | caption = | birth_name = Marcel Leon Ichac | birth_date = 22 October 1906 | birth_place = [Rueil-Malmaison](/source/Rueil-Malmaison), France | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|04|09|1906|10|22}} | death_place = [Ézanville](/source/%C3%89zanville), France | alma_mater = [École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs](/source/%C3%89cole_nationale_sup%C3%A9rieure_des_arts_d%C3%A9coratifs) | occupation = journalist, film director, photographer, mountaineer | years_active = | known_for = documentary film | awards = Oscar for Best Short Subject (1963)
Cannes [Short Film Palme d'Or](/source/Short_Film_Palme_d'Or) (1962), Prix Spécial (1952)
Trento Festival Golden Gentian (1955) | website = {{URL|https://www.marcel-ichac.fr}} }} '''Marcel Ichac''' (22 October 1906 – 9 April 1994) was a French [alpinist](/source/alpinist), [explorer](/source/explorer), [photographer](/source/photographer) and [film director](/source/film_director). Born in [Rueil-Malmaison](/source/Rueil-Malmaison), France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) in cinema using the [ondes Martenot](/source/ondes_Martenot) instrument for ''Karakoram'' (1936)[https://www.marcel-ichac.fr/biographie-marcel-ichac.htm Biography] at marcel-ichac.fr and released the first French short in [CinemaScope](/source/CinemaScope), ''Nouveaux Horizons'' (1953).[https://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/film/nouveaux-horizons/ Il Cinema Ritrovato] Cinetecadi Bologna He also accompanied the French Alpine Club's [1950 expedition that climbed Annapurna](/source/1950_French_Annapurna_expedition) led by [Maurice Herzog](/source/Maurice_Herzog), which included climbing luminaries [Lionel Terray](/source/Lionel_Terray), [Louis Lachenal](/source/Louis_Lachenal) and [Gaston Rébuffat](/source/Gaston_R%C3%A9buffat).Herzog, Maurice (1952) ''Annapurna'' E P Dutton & Co. == Filmography == Ichac directed [documentary film](/source/documentary_film)s of French explorations during the years 1930–1950.Sadoul, Georges; Morris, Peter (1972) [https://books.google.com/books?id=PvsZikRu-hAC&pg=PA121 ''Dictionary of Film Makers''] University of California Press {{ISBN|978-0-520-02151-8}} pg 121Leblanc, Gérard (1997) [https://books.google.com/books?id=fEQjk8AXWIkC&pg=PA197 ''Scénarios du réel''] Volume 2:193-197 Editions L'HarmattanRège, Philippe (2009) [https://books.google.com/books?id=ud2-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA515 ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors''] Volume 1:515 Scarecrow Press Expeditions he accompanied and documented on film include: * ''Karakoram'', the first French expedition to the [Karakoram](/source/Karakoram) (1936) * The first documentary film in the world about the [Pilgrimage to Mecca](/source/Pilgrimage_to_Mecca) (1940). * ''A l'Assaut des Aiguilles du Diable'' (1942). * Expeditions of [Jacques-Yves Cousteau](/source/Jacques_Cousteau) to the [Mediterranean Sea](/source/Mediterranean_Sea) (1948), the [Red Sea](/source/Red_Sea) (1955 : preparatory to the realization of ''[The Silent World](/source/The_Silent_World)''), and [Lake Titicaca](/source/Lake_Titicaca) (1968). * French Polar Expedition in [Greenland](/source/Greenland) with [Paul-Emile Victor](/source/Paul-Emile_Victor) (1949). * ''Victoire sur l'Annapurna'', film on the [1950 French Annapurna expedition](/source/1950_French_Annapurna_expedition), with the first 8000m summit being reached by [Maurice Herzog](/source/Maurice_Herzog) and [Louis Lachenal](/source/Louis_Lachenal). * ''[Les Etoiles de Midi](/source/Stars_at_Noon_(1959_film))'' (1959). Entered into the [9th Berlin International Film Festival](/source/9th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival).{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158393/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for Stars at Noon |accessdate=2010-01-10 |work=imdb.com}} * ''Le Conquérent de l'inutile'' (1967), a film he made about the life of his friend and mountain climber [Lionel Terray](/source/Lionel_Terray). Additionally, Ichac captured images of mountain warfare in World War II and the liberation of [Turin](/source/Turin), Italy in ''Tempête sur les Alpes'' (1944-1945). == Bibliography == *''A l'assaut des Aiguilles du Diable'' (1945) *''Regards vers l'Annapurna'' (1951) *''Quand brillent les Etoiles de Midi'' (1960) == Awards == * Silver Lion in the [Venice film festival](/source/Venice_film_festival) for ''Karakoram''. * Directed winner of the Prix du documentaire at [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival) in 1952. * Produced ''[An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge](/source/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge_(film))'' which won an [Academy Award for Live Action Short Film](/source/Academy_Award_for_Live_Action_Short_Film). ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * {{official|https://www.marcel-ichac.fr}} * [http://calindex.eu/filmo.php?op=listfilm&nar=5668&min=0 Marcel Ichac filmography] at calindex.eu * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718141659/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/9814?view=credit Movies of Marcel Ichac] from bfi.org.uk * [http://www.masse-fr.com/critiques/etoiles_ichac.html Review of the movie and book ''Les Etoiles de Midi''] at masse-fr.com * {{IMDb name|0406685|Marcel Ichac}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ichac, Marcel}} Category:1906 births Category:1994 deaths Category:People from Rueil-Malmaison Category:French documentary film directors Category:French mountain climbers Category:20th-century French explorers Category:French photographers Category:École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marcel Ichac](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Ichac) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Ichac?action=history)). 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