Marcel Pagnol

The themes of Pagnol's films
In his films Pagnol transfers his playwriting talents onto the big screen. Pagnol also took great care in the type of actors he employed hiring local actors to appear in his films to highlight their unique accents and culture. Biography
Pagnol was born on 28 February 1895 in Aubagne Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France near Marseille the eldest son of school teacher Joseph PagnolA and seamstress Augustine Lansot.

Marcel Pagnol (French pronunciation: ​[maʁsɛl paɲɔl]; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist playwright and filmmaker. In 1946 he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie Française.