French cinema also was the birthplace for many sub-genres of the crime film, most notably the modern caper film, starting with 1955's Rififi by American-born director Jules Dassin and followed by a large number of serious, noirish heist dramas as well as playful caper comedies throughout the sixties, and the " polar ," a typical French blend of film noir and detective fiction.

Before he was forced abroad for political reasons, director Jules Dassin made two classic noirs that also straddled the major / independent line: Brute Force ( 1947 ) and the influential documentary-style The Naked City were developed by producer Mark Hellinger, who had an " inside / outside " contract with Universal similar to Wanger's.

She became well-known to international audiences when she starred in Never on Sunday ( 1960 ), in which Dassin was the director and co-star.

It was nominated for the Academy Awards for, respectively, Best Actress in a Leading Role ( Melina Mercouri ), Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, Best Director ( Jules Dassin ) and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay as Written Directly for the Screen ( Dassin ).

* A 1941 live-action adaptation starred Joseph Schildkraut and was the directorial debut of Jules Dassin.

In France, he has been compared with Georges Brassens ; in Russia, however, he was more frequently compared with Joe Dassin, partly because they were the same age and died in the same year, although their ideologies, biographies, and musical styles are very different.

At the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, where the film was screened, Melina met Jules Dassin, her future husband, mentor, and director.

Bharara took over the post from Lev L. Dassin, who was acting as the interim U. S. Attorney after Michael J. Garcia, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2005, stepped down in December 2008 to join the partnership of New York law firm Kirkland & Ellis.

Julius " Jules " Dassin ( 18 December 1911 – 31 March 2008 ) was an American film director, with Jewish-Russian origins.

Dassin was blacklisted in Hollywood during the production of Night and the City in 1950.

Jules Dassin was married twice:

Kurosawa mentioned in several interviews that his script was inspired by Jules Dassin ’ s The Naked City and the works of Georges Simenon.

Knowing that a key role in the film was a grizzled Greco-Roman wrestling legend, director Jules Dassin saids he " didn't want to pick an actor and train him to be a wrestler -- I wanted to do the opposite.

Dassin said, " I was told he was dead, but it turned out he was alive and was a chicken farmer in New Jersey.

During breaks in filming, Dassin would travel into town to watch experimental theatre ; he later recalled that Zbyszko was the only other person who would tag along ( the rest of the cast and crew balked at the invitation ).

In an interview appearing on The Criterion Collection DVD release, Dassin recalls that the casting of Tierney was in response to a request by Darryl Zanuck, who was concerned that personal problems had rendered the actress " suicidal ," and hoped that work would improve her state of mind.

After he was blacklisted from Hollywood, Dassin found work in France where he was asked to direct Rififi.

Their children were Joseph Ira Dassin ( 1938 – 80 ), a popular French singer in the 1970s ; songwriter Richelle " Rickie " Dassin ( born 1940 ); and actress – singer Julie Dassin ( born 1944 ; also known as Julie D .).

Dassin and Mercouri lived in New York City during the 1970s ; then, when the general's dictatorship in Greece fell in 1974, they returned to Greece and lived out their lives there.

Director Jules Dassin of The Naked City ( 1948 ) pointed to the neorealists as inspiring his use of on-location photography with nonprofessional extras.

Dassin quickly became better known for his noir films Brute Force, The Naked City, and Thieves ' Highway in the 1940s, which helped him to become " one of the leading American filmmakers of the postwar era.

Night and the City ( 1950 ) is a film noir directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney.

The Naked City is a 1948 black-and-white film noir directed by Jules Dassin.

Bérard chose Dassin due to the major success in France of Dassin's previous film: The Naked City.

More recently, critic Dennis Schwartz wrote, " Jules Dassin ( Rififi and Naked City ) directs this hard-hitting but outdated crime drama concerned about prison conditions ...

* December 18 – Jules Dassin, American director ( d. 2008 )

* American ( U. S. A .)— Joe Dassin ( worked mainly in France ): " Pauvre Pierrot " (" Poor Pierrot "), from Elle était oh !...

The film received special praise at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, where she met American film director Jules Dassin, with whom she would share not only her career but also her life.

Joseph Ira " Joe " Dassin ( November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980 ), an American singer-songwriter.

On December 26, 1964, Dassin signed up with CBS Records, making him the first French singer to sign up with an American record label.

It later premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, in 1979, where Malick won the award for Best Director — making him the first American director to win the award since Jules Dassin in 1955 for Rififi ( in a joint win shared with two other directors ).

While Mercouri became involved with politics and won a parliamentary seat, Dassin stayed with movie-making in Europe but found time in the U. S. to make another movie, the racial drama Up Tight !, which would be his last American film.

Dassin has endorsed the American version as closer to his vision.

Directed by American filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony le Stéphanois, Carl Möhner as Jo le Suédois, Robert Manuel as Mario Farrati, and Jules Dassin as César le Milanais.

Melville gave his blessing to American director Jules Dassin when the latter asked for his permission to take the helm.

Dassin attempted a film L ' Ennemi public numero un, which was halted after stars Fernandel and Zsa Zsa Gabor withdrew under American pressure.

She retired from film acting in 1978, when she played in her last film, A Dream of Passion, directed by her husband Jules Dassin.

The film stars Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin, and it gently submerges the viewer into Greek culture, including dance, music, and language ( through the use of subtitles ).

The Rehearsal ( Gr. I Dokimi ) is a 1974 film produced by Jules Dassin that is a cinemagraphic indictment of the Greek military junta of 1967 – 1974.

Dassin did not work as a film director again until Rififi in 1955 ( a French production ).

For his 1956 film Rififi, Dassin earned the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Melina Mercouri became also well-known to international audiences when she starred in the 1960 film Never on Sunday, directed by Jules Dassin.

Despite his distaste for parts of the original novel, Dassin agreed to direct the film.

The film earned Dassin the award for Best Director at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.