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Louis De Rochemont was born on 13 January, 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, is a producer,director,writer. Discover Louis De Rochemont's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation producer,director,writer
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 13 January, 1899
Birthday 13 January
Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Date of death 23 December, 1978
Died Place Newington, New Hampshire, USA
Nationality United States

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Who Is Louis De Rochemont's Wife?

His wife is Virginia Shaler (12 September 1929 - ?) ( 2 children)

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Louis De Rochemont Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Louis De Rochemont worth at the age of 79 years old? Louis De Rochemont’s income source is mostly from being a successful Producer. He is from United States. We have estimated Louis De Rochemont's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1899

Massachusetts in 1899.

1929

He married Virginia Shaler in 1929. They had two children, Louis De Rochemont III and Virginia.

1930

He filmed his first newsreel when he was 12 years old and established his reputation making March of Time newsreels in the 1930s. His pre-World War II documentaries elucidating the dangers posed by Adolf Hitler caused some to label him a red. His documentary productions won two Academy Awards.

1938

The de Rochemont-produced newsreel "Inside Nazi Germany," the January 1938 entry in the March of Time series, was called "the first commercially released anti-Nazi American motion picture. " Although the newsreel begins with film actually shot inside Nazi Germany, the footage was bland and disappointing, so de Rochemont had the newsreel was spiced up with staged re-enactments using anti-Nazi German-Americans. German-American Bund-leader Fritz Kuhn, he German-born fascist personally detailed by Hitler to lead the American fascist effort, was cajoled into allowing the documentary-makers to stage some scenes at the Bund office. When upon viewing the finished product, Kuhn discovered he had been tricked, Walter Winchell reported that he was recorded screaming "I will be ruint. Ruint!" at a screening in the March of Time building. De Rochemont and his wife, screen-writer Virginia Shaler, lived in Newington, New Hampshire on the Piscataqua River at the Seacoast. Though a continent away from Hollywood, De Rochemont produced motion pictures based on true stories in actual locations, often with local people in the cast. Aside from three spy films, his movies films typically dealt with controversial subjects, including labor relations and racism. These pioneering efforts gave him the sobriquet "father of the docu-drama. "De Rochemont was a pioneer in the production of wide-screen films, and he shot films in Cinerama, Todd-AO and other wide-screen processes.

1944

Louis de Rochemont, the maverick filmmaker and documentarian whose "The Fighting Lady" (1944) won an Oscar, was born in Chelsea.

1978

He died in New Hampshire in 1978 survived by his wife, a daughter and a son. Virginia Shaler lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire until her death.