The work of Marcel Camus is characterized by a lyricism which, although central to his fine films of the 1950s and 60s--"Fugitive in Saigon "(1957), "Black Orpheus" (1959) and "Vivre la nuit" (1968)--later deteriorated into superficial sentimentality.
Camus was a professor of painting and sculpture before breaking into film as an assistant to Alexandre Astruc, Georges Rouquier and Jacques… See Full Marcel Camus Biography