Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze was a French critic, actor, and director. He was born March 15, 1920 in Paris, France. Doniol-Valcroze is known for having co-founded the film magazine "Cahiers du Cinéma" in 1951 along with partners André Bazin and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca. The magazine was first edited by Doniol-Valcroze between 1951-1957. As a film critic, he was among the first to champion many now-legendary filmmakers, including Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, and Nicholas Ray. He played a central role as a critic in the French New Wave discussing the emergence of the new cinema as the co-founder of "Cahiers du Cinéma", and by hiring talented emerging critic/directors such as Truffaut, Godard and Rohmer to work for the magazine. His own works in this area include directing the film "L'Eau à la Bouche" and acting in a few New Wave films, including Chantal Akerman's cult feminist classic "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles". He was friends with François Truffaut who shot his first sh