Jacques Nahum

Jacques Nahum (27 February 1921 – 21 July 2017) was a French director, screenwriter, and producer, famed for producing the cult television show Arsène Lupin, descended from the Pallache family.

Background Jacques Nahum was born on 27 February 1921 in Cairo, Egypt. Nahum arrived in Paris at the age of 24 and in 1945 began to study at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC, since 1988 La Fémis).

For Berry's first film in France, Ça va barder (1955), Nahum's job started as assembling crew. While shooting, Berry, Nahum, and Nahum's friend Jacques-Laurent Bost, modified the story of the first film considerably. ) 1967: Yves Robert un chemin de la liberté 1971: Madame Simone (also writer) 1973: Le Double Assassinat de la rue Morgue 1974: Eugène Sue (film) 1975: Maître Pygmalion 1975: Les Grands Détectives episode "Six hommes morts"

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 1955: Ça va barder by John Berry 1955: Je suis un sentimental by John Berry 1956: Don Juan by John Berry 1958: Tamango by John Berry

Writer 1952: The Face of Paris (co-writer) 2012: La Chartreuse de Parme by Cinzia TH Torrini (co-writer)