Jacques Ledoux

Jacques Ledoux
Jacques Ledoux at his Brussels desk, 1988
Ledoux shortly after receiving the Erasmus Prize (1988)
Born
Jankiel Mendel Silberberg

(1921-10-26)26 October 1921
Warsaw, Poland
Died6 June 1988(1988-06-06) (aged 66)
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Film archivist, curator
Years active1948–1988
Known forFounder of the Musée du Cinéma, Brussels; Secretary‑General of FIAF (1961–1978)
Awards

Jacques Ledoux (1921 – 6 June 1988) was a Polish-born Belgian cinema specialist, the first curator of the Royal Film Archive of Belgium (Cinémathèque royale de Belgique) from 1948 to 1988[1] and the founder of the Cinema Museum in Brussels (Musée du cinéma de Bruxelles) in 1962.[2] He was born in Warsaw and died in Brussels.

Awards and honors

Ledoux received the Erasmus Prize, a Dutch award for contributions to art in 1988.[3]

References

  1. ^ "About us - CINEMATEK". www.cinematek.be. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ Thompson, Kristin; Bordwell, David (1989). "Jacques Ledoux: 1921-88". Cinema Journal. 28 (3): 4–7. ISSN 0009-7101.
  3. ^ "Erasmusprijswinnaars". Praemium Erasmianum Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2022.


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