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French mountain climber and film director
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Birth:
22 October 1906(Rueil-Malmaison, France)
Death:
9 April 1994(Ézanville, France)
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École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Marcel Ichac (22 October 1906 - 9 April 1994) was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenotfor Karakoram (1936) and released the first French movie in CinemaScope, Nouveaux Horizons (1953). He also accompanied the French Alpine Club's 1950 expedition that climbed Annapurna, which was led by Maurice Herzog, and include such climbing luminaries as Lionel Terray, Louis Lachenal and Gaston Rébuffat. See Annapurna by Maurice Herzog, pub. E P Dutton & Co.|date=1952
Awards
- Silver Lion in the Venice film festival for Karakoram.
- Directed winner of the Prix du documentaire at Cannes Film Festival in 1952.
- Produced An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge which won Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.