Jacques Haïk

Jacques Haïk (20 June 1893 – 31 August 1950) was a French film producer.

[1] Born of Jewish descent in French-controlled Tunisia, he moved to Paris where he found work in the film industry, introducing Charlie Chaplin to French audiences.

[2] He gradually built up a chain of cinemas including the Grand Rex (1931), and established his own production company Les Établissements Jacques Haïk which was very active during the early 1930s.

[3] Following the outbreak of the Second World War he produced the anti-Nazi My Crimes After Mein Kampf and supported the Free French.

[3] Haïk spent the last five years of his life trying to reclaim his real estate and died in 1950.