Jacques Faber has always loved theater, whether as an actor or a film
director (the only film he directed,
Le choix (1976), features stage actors
and two different drama companies). He made his debut in Belgium, his
native country, under the direction of
Claude Volter. In 1961, he moved to France
and worked regularly there, with the
Roger Planchon company before being
signed at the Théâtre de l'Est in Paris and the Centre du Sud-Est in
the South of France, a region which will serve as a location in
Le choix (1976). In addition he worked
for television, appearing in about twenty TV movies or series, worked
as an assistant director for short films in France and in England. In
1972, while he assisted 'Georges Franju' on
Der Mann ohne Gesicht (1974), the famed
French filmmaker advised him to step behind the camera. The result was
Le choix (1976), made both in Brussels
and in the South of France, with Claude Jade
in a dual role. Faber also produced with
Jean Goumain.
