Jacques Ledoux
Jacques Ledoux | |
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Ledoux shortly after receiving the Erasmus Prize (1988) | |
| Born | Jankiel Mendel Silberberg 26 October 1921 |
| Died | 6 June 1988 (aged 66) |
| Occupations | Film archivist, curator |
| Years active | 1948–1988 |
| Known for | Founder of the Musée du Cinéma, Brussels; Secretary‑General of FIAF (1961–1978) |
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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 and the founder of the Cinema Museum in Brussels (Musée du cinéma de Bruxelles) in 1962. He was born in Warsaw and died in Brussels.