| Who is it? | Writer, Director, Assistant Director |
| Birth Day | September 15, 1906 |
| Birth Place | Paris, France, France |
| Age | 114 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | 21 February 1960(1960-02-21) (aged 53)\nParis, France |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Occupation | Screenwriter Film director |
| Years active | 1935–1960 |
| Notable work | Casque d'Or Le Trou Touchez pas au grisbi |
| Spouse(s) | Françoise Fabian |
Becker first worked in the 1930s as an assistant to Director Jean Renoir during what is considered the latter's peak period, including such works as La Grande Illusion (1938) and The Rules of the Game (1939). Part of the Comité de libération du cinéma français, the Nazis held Becker in prison for a year during the German occupation of France in World War II. During the occupation, he became a Director in his own right. He would go on to direct the period romance Casque d'Or (1952), the influential gangster film Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), and the prison escape drama Le Trou (1959). While he remains lesser-known internationally than peers such as Marcel Carné and Renoir, Becker is nonetheless regarded as a major French filmmaker, with Casque d'Or held in high esteem among film critics.
Becker died at the age of 53 in 1960 and was interred in the Cimetière du Montparnasse in Paris.
