Ferdinand Zecca
Paris, France

Ferdinand Zecca (19 February 1864 – 23 March 1947) was a pioneer French film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He worked primarily for the Pathé company, first in artistic endeavors then in administration of the internationally based company.

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Tears of Forgiveness (1919)
Director
The Martyrdom of a Queen (1919)
Director
The Old Tragedian (1915)
Director
L'étoile du génie (1914)
Scenario Writer | Director
La danse héroïque (1914)
Director
Struggle for Life (1914)
Director | Screenplay
When Paris Loves (1913)
Director
Gold Fever (1912)
Director
La Tragique Aventure de Robert le Taciturne, duc d'Aquitaine (1910)
Director
Slippery Jim (1910)
Director
Le caprice du vainqueur (1910)
Director
Cléopâtre (1910)
Director
Le Voleur invisible (1909)
Director
The Dreyfus Affair (1908)
Director
Don Juan (1908)
Producer
Excursion to the Moon (1908)
Other
A Diabolical Itching (1908)
Director
Wonderful Mirrors (1907)
Director
The Pearl Fisherman (1907)
Director
Max Learns to Skate (1907)
Producer
Jealousy and Madness (1907)
Director
Cinderella (1907)
Producer
The Policemen's Little Run (1907)
Director
The Red Spectre (1907)
Director
Métempsycose (1907)
Director
Poor Mother (1906)
Producer
Fun After the Wedding (1906)
Director
Miniature Theatre (1906)
Writer
Down In The Deep (1906)
Director
Whence Does He Come? (1906)
Director
Les apaches de Paris (1905)
Director
A Father's Honor (1905)
Director
Marvellous Reversing (1905)
Director
Vendetta (1905)
Director
Ten Wives For One Husband (1905)
Director
Down in the Coal Mines (1905)
Director
Dream of the Moon (1905)
Director
The Incendiary (1905)
Co-Director
The Pursuit of the Beer Barrels (1905)
Director
Scenes of Convict Life (1905)
Director
Revolution in Russia (1905)
Director
The Regret (1905)
Director
Dranem's Dream (1905)
Director
The Car and the Cripple (1905)
Director
The Fantastic Diver (1905)
Director
Le mitron (1904)
Director
The Strike (1904)
Director
The Good Purge (1904)
Director
The Wrong Door (1904)
Director
Don Quichotte (1903)
Director
The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1903)
Director
La Vie d'un joueur (1903)
Director | Screenplay
Puss In Boots (1903)
Director
Ingenious Soubrette (1903)
Director
Jésus au jardin des oliviers (1903)
Director
Jésus chassant les vendeurs du temple (1903)
Director
Jésus devant Pilate (1903)
Director
Jésus est présenté au peuple (1903)
Director
Jésus et la samaritaine (1903)
Director
Jésus parmi les docteurs (1903)
Director
Jésus succombe sous sa croix (1903)
Director
The Martinique Disaster (1902)
Director
Samson et Dalila (1902)
Director
The Dog and the Pipe (1902)
Director
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1902)
Director
The Fairy of Spring (1902)
Director
A Horrible Nightmare (1902)
Director
Alcohol and Its Victims (1902)
Director | Writer
The Marvelous Hen (1902)
Director
Dance of the Sylphs (1902)
Director
The Fairy of the Black Rocks (1902)
Director
The Seven Castles of the Devil (1901)
Director
A Political Discussion (1901)
Director
What is Seen Through a Keyhole (1901)
Director
Drama at the Bottom of the Sea (1901)
Director
History of a Crime (1901)
Director | Writer
Conquering the Skies (1901)
Director
The Prodigal Son (1901)
Director
Dream and Reality (1901)
Director
The Illusionist (1901)
Director
Swimming Not Possible (1901)
Director
An Idyll Under a Tunnel (1901)
Director
Quo Vadis (1901)
Director
Le Mauvais Riche (1901)
Director
La Chasse Est Ouverte (1901)
Director
Monsieur et Madame sont pressés (1901)
Director
Les méfaits d'une tête de veau (1899)
Director