Marguerite Viel

Marguerite Viel (1894-1976)^[1] was a French filmmaker who was active during the late 1920s and 1930s. She wrote and directed several films, including Occupe-toi d’Amélie (1932)^[1] and La banque Nemo (1934).^[2]^[3] Viel was also a frequent collaborator of Jean Epstein, lending financial support to many of Epstein's films.^[4]

Viel worked as a dialogue writer and sound editor during the first years of sound film. As a sound editor, she was responsible for the French dubbing of non-French films.^[5]

Filmography

As writer or director


Title	Year	Role	Notes
La banque Nemo^[5]^[6]	1934	Director and screenwriter
Une Petite bonne sérieuse (short film)^[5]	1932	Co-director with Richard Weishbach
Occupe-toi d’Amélie (Take Care of Amelie)^[5]	1932	Co-director with Rene Weissbach	adapted from a play by Georges Feydeau
Terra farouche	1930	Director

In other roles


Title	Year	Director	Role
Erotikon	1929	Gustav Machaty	Viel likely worked on the sound version of the film when it premiered in France ^[5]
The Great Gabbo	1929	Erich von Stroheim	sound editor^[5]
Feind im Blut	1931	Walter Ruttmann	sound editor^[5]
Dzungle Velkomest/La Jungle d'une grande ville	1930	Leo Marten	artistic consultant^[5]^[1]
La Chute de la Maison Usher (The Fall of the House of Usher)	1928	Jean Epstein	investor^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Pallister, Janis L. (1997). French-speaking Women Film Directors: A Guide. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3736-4. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ Burch, Noël; Sellier, Geneviève (2013-11-25). The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7725-2. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1995). Women Film Directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-28972-9. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ "Coeur Fidèle". silentfilm.org. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Marguerite Viel – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
^ Kuhn, Annette; Radstone, Susannah (1994-01-01). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08879-5. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[:0-1] Pallister, Janis L. (1997). French-speaking Women Film Directors: A Guide. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3736-4. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[2] Burch, Noël; Sellier, Geneviève (2013-11-25). The Battle of the Sexes in French Cinema, 1930–1956. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7725-2. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[3] Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1995). Women Film Directors: An International Bio-critical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-28972-9. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[4] "Coeur Fidèle". silentfilm.org. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[:1-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Marguerite Viel – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

[6] Kuhn, Annette; Radstone, Susannah (1994-01-01). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08879-5. Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-07.

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