Who the @#%& is this? (40 Viewers)

[swag]

Sidney Lumet?

Wow. Good reference, but no.

Longevity is another hint. This guy produced for decades at the top of his game -- well after this photo was taken.

 

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[IrishZebra]

Thallberg?

 

[swag]

Thallberg?

Nice reference, but no.

Another hint: the characters he was behind in his Oscar-winning endeavors weren't even people.

 

[IrishZebra]

Those two are the only two I know in their fields

 

[swag]

OK, we're getting some more direct hints here. The tools of his trade did not include the movie camera, but rather the pen -- and he wasn't a writer.

 

[bianconero]

He's an artist.

 

[swag]

He's an artist.

Bingo. But a particular kind of cinematic artist.

 

[Osman]

I immediately thought of disney/warners/looney tunes and cartoons when you said different direction earlier, regarding kids. But didnt bother to research profilic main artists in that field.

 

[swag]

I immediately thought of disney/warners/looney tunes and cartoons when you said different direction earlier, regarding kids. But didnt bother to research profilic main artists in that field.

Osman, you are sitting right on this one. The guy is considered arguably the greatest animator of all time.

 

[Stephan]

chuck jones?

 

[swag]

chuck jones?

Cha-ching! Mr. Looney Tunes himself.

Your turn, Stephan.

 

[Stephan]

My turn is still on actually

 

[Osman]

Osman, you are sitting right on this one. The guy is considered arguably the greatest animator of all time.

Yeah, you gave good tips. Didnt bother to research much because I didnt know him offhand anyway, but I very very very much love Looney Tunes, brilliantly smart comedy.

 

[swag]

Yeah, you gave good tips. Didnt bother to research much because I didnt know him offhand anyway, but I very very very much love Looney Tunes, brilliantly smart comedy.

Beats the pants off of any of that Disney stuff, that's for sure.

 

[Stephan]

Maybe...
but these guys where the best:

 

[Stephan]

Anyway back to my pic. Django Reinhardt certainly has a connection. Apparently the guy on my picture was playing across the street where Django was playing in his time in Paris. Dont know about their rivalry, but their styles where very similar. But the questioned guy and Django never performed together (quite a pity).

 

[swag]

Stéphane Grappelli? But they played together...

 

[Osman]

His guy is defenitely Grappelli, unless he is a doppelganger:

And indeed they played together:

Stéphane Grappelli (26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first (and arguably the most famous) of all-string jazz bands.

 

[Stephan]

No his not.

 

[Gustav]

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