Bourgeois, Gérard

(August l8, l874, Ge­neva, Switzerland-December l5, l944, Paris, France)

   He was born in Geneva to French parents. A former stage actor and then artistic director of a production company, Les Films Lux, for which he directed histori­cal movies before joining Pathé in 1911, he finished his career shooting French-German films with Harry Piel. Other credits (as screenwriter): l9l4 Protéa II ou L'Auto infernale (three parts: "Une Auto au Milieu des Flammes", "Le Miracle des Roses", "Le Lasso aérien"; Joseph Faivre).

 Filmography

1908 ◘ Cœurs brisés / USA: The Broken Heart (short)

        ◘ Les Débuts d'un Aviateur (short)

        ◘ Dévouement d'Enfant / USA: A Child's Devotion (short)

        ◘ L'Epave (short)

        ◘ La Faute d'une Mère / USA: A Mother's Fault (short)

        ◘ La Fille du Braconnier (short)

        ◘ Le Fou de la Falaise / USA: The Madman of the

        ◘ Cliff (short)

        ◘ La Légende des Etoiles / USA: Legend of the Stars (short)

        ◘ Louis XVII / UK: Louis the XVII / USA: Louis XVII (short)

        ◘ Le Secret du Récif (short)

        ◘ Un Drame sous Richelieu / USA: A Drama Under Richelieu (short)

        ◘ La Vente du Diable / USA: The Devil's Sale (short)

        ◘ La Voix du Coeur (short)

1909 ◘ L'Affreux Devoir (short)

        ◘ L'Amour de la Guerre (short)

        ◘ L'Atroce Vengeance (short)

        ◘ Au Pays des Tulipes (short)

        ◘ Le Bon Chemineau / USA: The Good Tramp (short)

        ◘ Le Bouffon du Roi / USA: The King's Jester (short)

        ◘ Le Casque du Dragon (short)

        ◘ Le Chien du Matelot / USA: The Sailor's Dog (short)

        ◘ Le Coffre-Fort (short)

        ◘ Le Conscrit de 1809 (short)

        ◘ Dans la Tourmente (short)

        ◘ Les Deux Epaves (short)

        ◘ L'Enfant adoptif (short)

        ◘ L'Enfant de la Folle / USA: The Madwoman's Child (short)

        ◘ La Fiancée du Corsaire (short)

        ◘ La Fin d'un beau Rêve / USA: It Was a Beautiful

        ◘ Dream (short)

        ◘ La Flûte de Pan (short)

        ◘ Frédéric le Grand (short; co-director with Jean

        ◘ Durand; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Hamlet / USA: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (short)

        ◘ L'Héritage volé / USA: The Stolen Inheritance /

        ◘ The Stolen Legacy (short)

        ◘ Life in the Next Century (short)

        ◘ La Momie du Roi / UK and USA: The Mummy of the King Rameses (short)

        ◘ Nantilde / USA: Nantilda (short)

        ◘ Le Pélerin aveugle (short)

        ◘ La Petite Joueuse d'Orgue (short)

        ◘ La Petite Marquise (short)

        ◘ Le Petit Tambour de la République (short)

        ◘ Piétro le Bandit / USA: Pietro the Bandit (short)

        ◘ Le Repentir / USA: Repentance (short)

        ◘ Le Retour de Colombine / USA: Columbine's

        ◘ Return (short)

        ◘ Le Soulier de Cendrillon (short)

        ◘ Sous le Drapeau (short)

        ◘ Un Drame sur la Côte bretonne / USA: A Drama on the Britain Coast (short)

        ◘ Un Mauvais Gars (short)

        ◘ La Vendéenne (short)

        ◘ La Vendetta (short)

        ◘ La Vengeance du Sire de Guildo (short)

        ◘ Le Vertige de l'Or (short)

1910 ◘ Charles Quint / USA: Charles the Fifth (short)

        ◘ Les Clefs de Saint-Pierre (short)

        ◘ Le Dernier Duel (short)

        ◘ Latima (short)

        ◘ La Fille du Forçat (short)

        ◘ La Fin du vieux Vagabond (short)

        ◘ Les Fleurs (short)

        ◘ La Folle (short)

        ◘ Les Frères ennemis (short)

        ◘ L'Homme aux Deux Visages (short)

        ◘ Le Ménestrel (short)

        ◘ Le Nouveau Marquis (short)

        ◘ Le Père Justicier (short)

        ◘ Le Récit d'un vieux Soldat (short)

        ◘ Rico le Bouffon / USA: Rico the Jester (short)

        ◘ La Vengeance de l'Histrion (short)

        ◘ La Vierge de Tonio (short)

        ◘ Le Vieux Briscard (short)

1911

        ◘ L'Accident / USA: The Accident (short)

        ◘ L'Amie de l'Orphelin (short)

        ◘ Cabotine (short)

        ◘ Cadoudal (short)

        ◘ Cartouche (short)

        ◘ Coeur de Bohémienne (short)

        ◘ Le Cœur, la Rose et le Poignard (short)

        ◘ Le Crime de Jacques Morel (short)

        ◘ La Danseuse de Montmartre (short)

        ◘ Le Démon du Jeu (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ La Dot de l'Empereur (short)

        ◘ Lils indigne (short)

        ◘ La Folie du Docteur Knaff (short)

        ◘ Gloire d'un Jour (short)

        ◘ Le Joueur d'Orgue électrisé (short)

        ◘ Latude ou Trente-Cinq Ans de Captivité (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Moulin du Val-Joli (short)

        ◘ Le Mystère du Château de Beaufort / USA: The

        ◘ Mystery of Beaufort Orange (short)

        ◘ Nick Winter contre Nick Winter (short)

        ◘ Nick Winter et l'Affaire du Célébric Hôtel (short)

        ◘ Nick Winter et le Rapt de Mademoiselle Werner (short)

        ◘ Nick Winter et le Vol de la Joconde / C'est Nick Winter qui a retrouvé la Joconde (short; uncon­firmed)

        ◘ Le Rêve brisé (short)

        ◘ Richelieu (short)

        ◘ Rival de Satan / UK: Rival of Satan / USA: Satan's Rival (short)

        ◘ La Rivale américaine (short)

        ◘ Le Roman d'une pauvre Fille (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Rose sauvage (short)

        ◘ Le Sacrifice d'Absalon (short)

        ◘ Service secret (short)

        ◘ Son Fils (short)

        ◘ Le Songe de Nick Winter (short)

        ◘ Une Aventure de Van Dyck / USA: An Adventure of Van Dyck (short)

        ◘ La Vengeance de Dieu (short)

        ◘ Les Victimes de l'Alcoolisme / Les Victimes de l'Alcool / USA: In the Grip of the Alcohol (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Vidocq (short)

        ◘ Le Vieux Facteur (short)

        ◘ Vincent le Boîteux (short)

1912

        ◘ L'Attrait de Paris (two-act short)

        ◘ La Conquête du Bonheur (short)

        ◘ Frère d'Armes (short)

        ◘ Le Fumiste (short)

        ◘ Méprise fatale (short)

        ◘ La Vengeance d'Edgar Poe (short)

1913

        ◘ L'Absente (short)

        ◘ Les Apaches (short)

        ◘ Lascination (three parts short)

        ◘ La Justicière—Episode 1: Le Mystérieux Voyageur (short; co-director with Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset)

        ◘ La Justicière—Episode 2: L'Anneau de la Morte (short; co-director with Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset)

        ◘ La Justicière—Episode 3: L'Expiation (short; co-director with Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset)

        ◘ La Nièce d'Amérique / USA: The American Niece (short)

1914

        ◘ L'Affaire dOrcival (short; also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Le Serment de Dolorès (short)

1915

        ◘ L'Ambitieuse (short)

        ◘ L'Aventurier (short)

        ◘ La Maison du Passeur (short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Réprouvé (short)

        ◘ La Revanche de l'Orphelin (short)

1916

        ◘ Christophe Colomb / La Vie de Christophe Colomb / La vida de Cristobal Colon y su descubrimiento de América (two episodes; also screenwriter; France / Spain)

        ◘ L'Ombre du Passé (three parts)

        ◘ Un Coup de Feu dans la Nuit

        ◘ Le Capitaine noir (also screenwriter, adapter)

        ◘ Frotea IV ou Les Mystères du Château de Malmort (six episodes: "Une Mission sacrée", "Dans la Gueule du Loup" "La Voûte infernale" "L'Héroïque Teddy", "Le Saut de la Mort", "Au Main du Pirate sous-marin"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Fauvette (five episodes)

        ◘ Le Fils de la Nuit (twelve episodes: "Le Pro­scrit", "L'œuvre du Démon", "Les Com­pagnons d'Aventure", "Le Secret du vieux Mendiant", "Le Gouffre des Panthères", "Le Spectre du Passé", "Teddy à la Rescousse", "Le Sauveur mystérieux", "L'Infernale Revanche", "L'Oubliette diabolique", "Le Plongeur de la Mort", "Le Justicier"; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Mystères du Ciel

        ◘ Un Drame sous Napoléon (two episodes)

        ◘ Faust

        ◘ La Dette du Sang / René Kervan (two epi­sodes: "L'Homme de Proie", "Le Vengeur"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Terreur / UK: The Perils of Paris / USA: Terror (co-director with Edward José; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Homme sans Nerfs / Der Mann ohne Nerven (co-director with Harry Piel, France / Germany)

1925

        ◘ Face à l'Amour / Schneller als der Tod (four episodes; also co-screenwriter; France / Germany)

        ◘ Zigano / Zigano, der Brigant vom Monte Cristo (co-director with Harry Piel; Germany / France)