In his youth Carné worked as an
accountant in an insurance company and shot his first film, a documentary, with
his own finances. Afterwards he assists the famous French director Jacques
Feyder. In his first feature film he collaborates with Jacques Prevert, one of
the most significant screenwriters of all time. Together with Jean Renoir, he is
the founder of French poetic realism. In his films often uses motives of
resignation, misfits and no-way-out situations, disappointments that end with
suicides. Besides Children of Paradise his famous films include Les
portes de la nuit and Daybreak, both with Jean Gabin in the lead
role.