Jasset, Victorin

(Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset / March 30, 1862, Fumay, Ardennes, France - June 22, 1913, Paris, France)

   A pupil of the sculptor Dalou, he was devoted to fan painting and was a costume designer before directing pantomimes and ballets. He also created costumes and drew the poster for a historical show, Vercingé-torix, which opened the Place Clichy's racecourse in 1900. He met future director Georges Hatot, who re­cruited extras for the show. Hatot introduced him to Pathé, where he spent some time before being hired by Gaumont as an assistant director (co-director?), production designer, and costume designer (1906 La Vie du Christ / La Naissance, la Vie et la Mort de Notre-Seigneur / La Passion / USA: The Birth, the Life and Death of Jesus Christ, Alice Guy). He and Hatot joined a new production company, L'Eclipse, in 1906, then he created the first French film serial (Nick Carter) for another society, L'éclair. In 1910, he ended his collabo­ration with Hatot and became an artistic manager for L'éclair. In June 1913, he had to interrupt the shooting of his adaptation of Jules Verne's The Children of Cap­tain Grant to undergo a surgical operation and died of complications thereof at age fifty-one.

 Filmography

        ◘ Esmeralda (short; co-director with Alice Guy)

        ◘ Les Rêves du Fumeur d'Opium (short)

        ◘ Baignade—Sauts de Tremplin, Match de Water-Polo (short)

        ◘ Exercices des Fusiliers marins à Lorient (short)

        ◘ La Partie d'Echecs de Napoléon (short)

        ◘ Une Correction peu méritée (short)

1908 ◘ Âme corse / USA: The Corsican Revenge (short)

        ◘ Le Bourru improvisé / USA: Taming a Husband (short)

        ◘ Brisquet chez la Sorcière (short)

        ◘ Chaque Âge a ses Tourments / USA: Every Age Has Its Trouble (short)

        ◘ Comment on fait une Maison (short)

        ◘ L'Etreinte de la statue / USA: The Statue (short)

        ◘ La Fiancée du Gladiateur (short)

        ◘ La Fille de la Sorcière / USA: The Daughter of the Gypsy (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Homme au Sac / USA: The Magic Sack (short)

        ◘ L'Honneur du Corsaire (short)

        ◘ Ma Blanchisseuse hérite / USA: My Laundress Inherits (short)

        ◘ Nick Carter, le Roi des Détectives: L'Affaire des Bijoux (short, also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nick Carter, le Roi des Détectives: Les Bandits en noir (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nick Carter, le Roi des Détectives: Les Dévaliseurs de Banque / USA: The Banker (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nick Carter, le Roi des Détectives: Les Empreintes (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nick Carter, le Roi des Détectives: Les Faux-Monnayeurs / USA: The Coiners; or, Catching the Countefeiters (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nick Carter, le Roi des Détectives: Le Guet-Apens (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Noël de Colette (short)

        ◘ Les Orphelins (short)

        ◘ La Petite Voleuse (short)

        ◘ Pitié / USA: Compassion / Pity (short)

        ◘ Rêve de Fêtard / USA: Dream of Featart (short)

        ◘ Le Revenant / USA: The Ghost (short)

        ◘ Riffle Bill, le Roi de la Prairie No. 1: La Main clouée / USA: Main Clues (short)

        ◘ Riffle Bill, le Roi de la Prairie No. 2: L'Attaque du Courrier (short)

        ◘ Riffle Bill, le Roi de la Prairie No. 3 : L'Enlèvement (short)

        ◘ Riffle Bill, le Roi de la Prairie No. 4: Fantôme du Placer (short)

        ◘ Riffle Bill, le Roi de la Prairie No. 5: Riffle Bill pris au piège (short)

        ◘ Sans Mère (short)

        ◘ Sibémol n'as pas d'Habits (short)

        ◘ La Soubrette et le Lutin / USA: The Chamber­maid and the Dwarf (short)

        ◘ Un Domestique recommandé (short)

1909 ◘ Après la Chute de l'Aigle / USA: After the Fall of the Eagle (short)

        ◘ L'Archange (short)

        ◘ Beethoven (short)

        ◘ Belle Maman a trop bon Cœur / USA: Mother-in-Law Too Kindhearted (short)

        ◘ La Boiteuse (short)

        ◘ La Bonne pas trop propre / USA: Too Clean a Servant (short)

        ◘ Le Bouffon / USA: The Buffoon (short)

        ◘ Le Capitaine Fracasse / USA: Captain Fracasse (short)

        ◘ Le Cheveux de Madame (short)

        ◘ Le Colis mystérieux / USA: Mysterious Luggage (short)

        ◘ La Cure du Neurasthénique / USA: Neurasthe­nique (short)

        ◘ Les Deux Amies / USA: The Two Friends (short)

        ◘ Don César de Bazan (short)

        ◘ Les Dragonnades sous Louis XIV / UK: The Dragonad / USA: The Dragoons Under Louis XIV (two-part short: "A la Recherche du Pasteur", "Fatale Méprise")

        ◘ Le Drame de Villesauge / USA: The Drama of Villasgne (short)

        ◘ La Fleur empoisonnée / USA: The Poisoned Flower (short)

        ◘ L'Héritier du Château maudit (short)

        ◘ L'Homme au Sac va dans le Monde / Les Débuts de l'Homme au Sac dans le Monde / USA: The Man with the Sack in Society (short)

        ◘ L'Honnête Cocher / USA: Honest John, the Coach­man (short)

        ◘ Le Joueur (short)

        ◘ La Journée d'un Gentleman (short)

        ◘ Journée de Grève (short)

        ◘ Le Justicier / USA: The Justifier (short)

        ◘ La Légende du bon Chevalier / USA: The Legend of the Good Knight (short)

        ◘ La Légende du Juif errant / USA: The Legend of the Erring Jew / The Legend of the Wandering Jew (short)

        ◘ Le Mariage d'Yvonne / USA: The Marriage of Yvonne (short)

        ◘ La Mère de Nana / USA: Maman's Mother (short)

        ◘ Meskal le Contrebandier (three-part short: "L'Ingénieux stratagème", "La Trahison du Douanier", "Un Bon Tour")

        ◘ Morgan le Pirate (two-part short: "La Cage", "La Prophétie" / USA: "The Prophecy")

        ◘ Les Mystères de Paris (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nick Carter acrobate / USA: Nick Carter as an Acrobat (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nick Carter: Le Club des Suicidés / USA: The Suicide Club (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Nick Carter: Les Dragées soporifiques / USA: The Sleeping Pills (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Nouveaux Exploits de Nick Carter: En Dan­ger (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Nouveaux Exploits de Nick Carter: Le Sosie / USA: The Double (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Piétro le Muletier / USA: Pietro and the Candy Kid / Pietro, the Mule Driver (short)

        ◘ Le Protecteur des Orphelins (short)

        ◘ Rédemption / USA: John Farley's Redemption (short)

        ◘ Remords (short)

        ◘ Le Roman d'un jeune Homme riche (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Sauvagette (short)

        ◘ Les Souliers du Facteur (short)

        ◘ Tentation (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Tragique Lune de Miel (short)

        ◘ Unis par le Malheur / USA: United by Misfortune (short)

        ◘ Les Vacances de BoufalOeil (short)

        ◘ Les Vacances de Pâques d'un Caissier ou Sir John Melmoth / Sir John Melmoth (short)

        ◘ Le Vautour de la Sierra (two-part short:"Une Eva­sion audacieuse", "Le Vautour et l'Usurier")

1910 ◘ L'Argentier de Louis XI (short)

        ◘ L'Autre Mère (short)

        ◘ Le Cas de Conscience du Docteur Geoffroy (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Chien du Saltimbanque (short)

        ◘ Dans les Ruines de Carthage / USA: The Stolen Plans of the Ruins of Carthage / Through the Ruins of Carthage (short; co-director with Georges Hatot)

        ◘ Docteur Phantom:A Sister's Sin (short; USA)

        ◘ Docteur Phantom: La Fièvre jaune (short)

        ◘ Docteur Phantom: Les Mémoires du Docteur Phantomfolle (short)

        ◘ Docteur Phantom: Sauvé par la science (short)

        ◘ Docteur Phantom: Séquestrée (short)

        ◘ Docteur Phantom: The Devil Woman (short)

        ◘ L'Enseveli de Tebessa / USA: The Buried Man of Tebessa (short; co-director with Georges Hatot)

        ◘ L'Ensorceleuse (short)

        ◘ L'Etranger (short)

        ◘ La Femme captive / La Jeune Captive (short)

        ◘ La Fleur de Mort (short; co-director with Georges Hatot)

        ◘ Ginhara ou Fidèle jusqu'à la Mort / USA: Faithful unto Death / Ginhara or Faithful unto Death / The Devil's Billiard Table (short)

        ◘ Hérodiade / USA: Herodias (short)

        ◘ La Jolie Dame de Narbonne / USA: The Pretty Lady of Narbonne (short)

        ◘ Lustice royale (short)

        ◘ Louis de Saint-Just (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Morgan le Pirate (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Morgan le Pirate: Pirates et Boucaniers (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Petite Fille aveugle / USA: The Little Blind Girl (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Petites Mains qui sauvent (short)

        ◘ Le Piège à Loups (short)

        ◘ La Reconnaissance de l'Arabe / USA: The Street

        ◘ Arab of Paris (short)

        ◘ La Résurrection de Lazare / USA: The Resur­rection of Lazarus (short; co-director with Georges Hatot)

        ◘ Le Roi Philippe le Bel et les Templiers / USA: King Phillip the Fair and the Templars (short)

        ◘ La Sorcière de la Grève / USA: The Sorceress of the Strand (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Une Evasion manquée / Le Prisonnier du Château d'If (short; also screenwriter)

1911 ◘ Au Fond du Gouffre (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Au Pays des Ténèbres / USA: The Great Mine Disaster / The Miner's Heart (short)

        ◘ Le Crime d'un Fils (short)

        ◘ La Fin de Don Juan / UK: Don Juan's Death / USA: The Death of Don Juan (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Fumeur d'Opium (short)

        ◘ L'Honneur du Nom (short)

        ◘ La Légende de l'Aigle / USA: The Legend of the Eagle (short)

        ◘ Les Mains / USA: The Hands (short)

        ◘ Nick Carter: Le Mystère du Lit blanc (short)

        ◘ La Passante (short)

        ◘ Le Poison de l'Humanité: Les Fautes d'un Père / USA: Alcohol: The Poison of Humanity (short; co-director with Emile Chautard; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Un Appel silencieux / USA: The Silent Call (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Un Cri dans la Nuit (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Une Nuit d'Epouvante / USA: A Terrible Night (short)

        ◘ Zigomar (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Zigomar, Roi des Voleurs (short)

1912

        ◘ L'Amour passé / L'Amour passe (short)

        ◘ Au Prix de son Sang / USA: The Price of Blood (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Balaoo / Balaoo ou Des Pas au plafond (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Bandits en Automobile: L'Auto grise (short; twenty-five chapters: "Le Repaire des Bandits", "L'Assassinat du Garçon des Recettes", "La Disparition de l'Auto grise", "En plein Paris, une Course tragique", "Un Agent Victime du Devoir", "L'Auto grise échappe encore", "Cambriolage nocturne chez un Notaire", "L'Alarme est donnée", "Silhouettes angois­santes", "Un Coup manqué", "La Fuite dans la Nuit", "Le siège d'un Garage", "Un Chauffeur qui se défend", "Dans la Forêt de Sénart", "Un Maquillage périlleux", "Le Siège d'une Société financière", "Un Terrible Pillage", "La Chasse s'organise", "Poursuite effarante", "Course à la Mort ou à l'Echafaud", "A l'Assaut d'un Train au Marché", "A la Sûreté: Une Lettre cynique", "Une Nuit d'Angoisse", "Terrifiante Vision", "La Justice immanente")

        ◘ Les Bandits en Automobile: Hors-la-Loi (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Batailles de la Vie: Aux Feux de la Rampe (short)

        ◘ Les Batailles de la Vie: Le Saboteur (short)

        ◘ Les Batailles de la Vie: Le Testament / USA: The Will (short)

        ◘ Les Batailles de la Vie: Une Campagne de Presse (short)

        ◘ Les Batailles de la Vie: Une Haine au Music-Hall (short)

        ◘ Le Cercueil de Verre / USA: The Mystery of the Glass Coffin (short)

        ◘ Les Cheveux d'Or / USA: The Golden Hair (short)

        ◘ Criminel malgré lui / USA: A Criminal in Spite of Himself (short)

        ◘ Dans la cave (short)

        ◘ Double Vie (short)

        ◘ L'Etrange Contrebandier (short)

        ◘ La fatalité (short)

        ◘ La Fille de l'Autre (short)

        ◘ La Fin d'un Favori: Rizzio / USA: Rizzio (short)

        ◘ L'Héritage (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Invisible (short)

        ◘ Le Mauvais Génie (three-part short: "De l'Amour à la Haine","L'Infamie","Le Remords") / USA: The Evil Genius (short)

        ◘ Le Meurtre légal / USA: Within the Limit of the

        ◘ Law (short)

        ◘ Le Mirage (short)

        ◘ Le Mystère du Pont Notre-Dame (short)

        ◘ Le Poison de l'Humanité: L'Héritage maudit (short)

        ◘ Rédemption (short)

        ◘ Tom Butler (short)

        ◘ La Tourmente (short)

        ◘ Le Vieux Professeur / USA: The Old Professor (short)

        ◘ Zigomar contre Nick Carter (four-act short: "Zigomar ressuscite", "Les Deux Zigomar", "Face à Face", "La Fin de Zigomar"; also screenwriter)

1913

        ◘ L'Assaut de la Terre (short)

        ◘ La Bouquetière de Montmartre (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Cabinet d'Affaires (short)

        ◘ Le Chemin du Cœur (short)

        ◘ Le Collier de Kali (short)

        ◘ Dans la Fournaise (short)

        ◘ Destin tragique (two-part short: "Haine de Femme", "La Rançon du Bonheur")

        ◘ Le Foyer perdu / La Maison du Glacier (short)

        ◘ Fragile Bonheur (short)

        ◘ L'Inconnue (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Ivraie (two-part short: "La Calomnie", "L'Honneur outragé"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ La Justicière (three-part short: "Le Mysté­rieux Voyageur", "L'Anneau de la Morte", "L'Expiation")

        ◘ Perdu en Mer / USA: Lost at Sea (short)

        ◘ Protéa (four-part short)

        ◘ Sacrifice (short)

        ◘ Le Semeur de Ruines (short)

        ◘ Le Trésor des Baux (short)

        ◘ Le Val d'Enfer (short; also producer)

        ◘ Le Voile du Passé (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Zigomar Peau d'Anguille (three-part short: "La Résurrection de Zigomar", "L'Eléphant cam­brioleur", "Le Brigand de l'Air")