French filmmaker, writer and painter (1889-1963). His films are brilliant, personal works of art: The Blood of a Poet (1932), Beauty and the Beast (1945), Orpheus (1949) and The Testament of Orpheus (1959). His plays include The Human Voice (1930), The Infernal Machine (1934), The Holy Terrors (1940). He wrote novels, books of essays, and many collections of poetry.