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| caption = Joseph De Grasse in 1916
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|5|4}}
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| birth_place = [[Bathurst, New Brunswick]], Canada
| birth_place = [[Bathurst, New Brunswick]] <br />[[Canada]]
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1940|5|25|1873|5|4}}
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1940|5|25|1873|5|4}}
| death_place = [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles]], United States
| death_place = [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles]], United States
| death_cause =[[myocardial infarction]] <ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Stardust_and_Shadows.html?id=Ht9W2B2ZwisC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q=Sam%20De%20Grasse&f=false</ref>
| burial_place = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]
| burial_place = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]
| nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
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| occupation = [[film director]]
| occupation = [[film director]]
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While working in [[Hollywood]] for [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]], De Grasse met and married one of the few female directors working at the time, [[Ida May Park]] (1879–1954). In 1915, he became a founding member of the [[Motion Picture Directors Association]], a forerunner to today's [[Directors Guild of America]].
While working in [[Hollywood]] for [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]], De Grasse met and married one of the few female directors working at the time, [[Ida May Park]] (1879–1954). In 1915, he became a founding member of the [[Motion Picture Directors Association]], a forerunner to today's [[Directors Guild of America]].


During his career he directed a total of 86 films. In 1924, actor [[Lon Chaney]] said of the De Grasses:
During his career he directed a total of 86 films. In 1924, actor [[Lon Chaney]] said of the De Grasses:
<blockquote>Joe and Sam De Grasses are two of the most talented personalities in today's film industry. Joe, a very skilled actor, is also the consummate director, firm in his demands yet gentle in his way of dealing with many different temperaments to be found in the movie industry. Sam is the only actor I know who can horrify an audience without make-up and without grotesque posturing and playing to the camera. He is the only actor I know who pulls teeth on the set in between takes. A rare pair, they have given the industry not one but two dimensions.<ref name="StardustShadows"/></blockquote>
<blockquote>Joe and Sam De Grasses are two of the most talented personalities in today's film industry. Joe, a very skilled actor, is also the consummate director, firm in his demands yet gentle in his way of dealing with many different temperaments to be found in the movie industry. Sam is the only actor I know who can horrify an audience without make-up and without grotesque posturing and playing to the camera. He is the only actor I know who pulls teeth on the set in between takes. A rare pair, they have given the industry not one but two dimensions.<ref name="StardustShadows"/></blockquote>


Joseph De Grasse died in [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California|Eagle Rock, California]]; he collapsed on a street while walking, and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of his death was a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]].<ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Stardust_and_Shadows.html?id=Ht9W2B2ZwisC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q=Sam%20De%20Grasse&f=false</ref>
Joseph De Grasse died in [[Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California|Eagle Rock, California]], he collapsed on a street while walking, he was taken to Hospital where he was pronounced dead.


==Selected filmography as director==
==Selected filmography as director==
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Revision as of 01:43, 21 December 2018

Joseph De Grasse
Joseph De Grasse in 1916
Born(1873-05-04)May 4, 1873
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Canada
DiedMay 25, 1940(1940-05-25) (aged 67)
Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, United States
Cause of deathmyocardial infarction [1]
Burial placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
NationalityCanadian
Occupationfilm director
Spouse
Ida May Park
​
(m. 1901)​
Children1

Joseph Louis De Grasse (May 4, 1873 – May 25, 1940) was a Canadian film director.[2] Born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, he was the elder brother of actor Sam De Grasse.

Biography

Joseph De Grasse had studied and was a first-class graduate of accounting and he began his career as a journalist, but soon became enamored of the theater and took work as a stage actor. In 1903, he quit his full-time job as the City of Boston's bookkeeper to pursue acting.[2] In 1910, he acted in his first motion picture and although he would appear as an actor in 13 films, and write 2 screenplays, his real interest was in directing.

While working in Hollywood for Universal Pictures, De Grasse met and married one of the few female directors working at the time, Ida May Park (1879–1954). In 1915, he became a founding member of the Motion Picture Directors Association, a forerunner to today's Directors Guild of America.

During his career he directed a total of 86 films. In 1924, actor Lon Chaney said of the De Grasses:

Joe and Sam De Grasses are two of the most talented personalities in today's film industry. Joe, a very skilled actor, is also the consummate director, firm in his demands yet gentle in his way of dealing with many different temperaments to be found in the movie industry. Sam is the only actor I know who can horrify an audience without make-up and without grotesque posturing and playing to the camera. He is the only actor I know who pulls teeth on the set in between takes. A rare pair, they have given the industry not one but two dimensions.[2]

Joseph De Grasse died in Eagle Rock, California, he collapsed on a street while walking, he was taken to Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Selected filmography as director

See also

References

  1. ^ https://books.google.com/books/about/Stardust_and_Shadows.html?id=Ht9W2B2ZwisC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q=Sam%20De%20Grasse&f=false
  2. ^ a b c Foster, Charles (2000). Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood. Dundurn Press. p. 43. ISBN 1550023489. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
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