Director
Jules Dassin
American director of Rififi who was blacklisted and worked in Europe.
Julius "Jules" Dassin was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career. He was best-known for his noir and crime films, though he also worked in other genres. He won the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for his pioneering heist film Rififi, and received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Never on Sunday (1960).
- Born
- 1911-12-18, Middletown, USAA Monday
- Died
- 2008-03-31, Hygeia Hospital, GreeceA Monday, aged 96
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- Greece
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1911-12-18, Middletown, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 25°40′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 4°26′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 9°55′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Scorpio | 10°20′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 25°07′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 1°46′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 14°01′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 27°31′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 23°06′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 28°01′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2008-03-31, Hygeia Hospital, Greece · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Athensthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 11°01′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 27°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 25°47′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 22°45′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 10°26′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 20°03′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 2°35′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 19°54′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 23°25′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 1°08′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Jules Dassin was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.