Jacques Haïk

Jacques Haïk
Born	20 June 1893 Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia
Died	31 August 1950 Paris, France
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1924-1948 (film)

Jacques Haïk (1893–1950) was a French film producer. Born of Jewish descent in French-controlled Tunisia, he moved to Paris where he found work in the film industry, introducing Charlie Chaplin to French audiences. He gradually built up a chain of cinemas including the Grand Rex (1931), and established his own production company Les Établissements Jacques Haïk which was very active during the early 1930s. Following the introduction of sound film he made several French-language films at the Twickenham Studios in the United Kingdom until his Paris studios were equipped for sound production.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War he produced the anti-Nazi My Crimes After Mein Kampf. He was forced into exile during the German Occupation of France and supported the Free French. He returned to Paris after the war and briefly returned to film production before his death in 1950.

Selected filmography

• André Cornélis (1918)
• André Cornélis (1927)
• The Beauty Shoppers (1927)
• La Maisonde la Flêche (1930)
• The Mystery of the Villa Rose (1930)
• The Sweetness of Loving (1930)
• Our Masters, the Servants (1930)
• A Caprice of Pompadour (1931)
• Our Lord's Vineyard (1932)
• The Lacquered Box (1932)
• Nicole and Her Virtue (1932)
• Tossing Ship (1932)
• Claudine at School (1937)
• My Crimes After Mein Kampf (1940)

Bibliography

• Crisp, C.G. The Classic French Cinema, 1930-1960. Indiana University Press, 1993.

External links

• Jacques Haïk at IMDb