Jacques Feyder was born on July 21, 1885 in Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium as Jacques Léon Louis Frédérix. He was a director and writer, known for Fahrendes Volk (1938), Pension Mimosas (1935) and Carnival in Flanders (1935). He was married to Françoise Rosay. He died on May 24, 1948 in Rive-de-Prangins, Switzerland.