Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: hollywood , california , usa - years active: 1899 -- 1958 - birth name: louis joseph gasnier - death date: 15 february 1963 - spouse: gertrude '' trudy '' ellison - birth date: 15 september 1875 - name: louis j. gasnier - image: louis j. gasnier.jpg - birth place: paris , france - occupation: film director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of louis j. gasnier .
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louis j. gasnier -lrb- paris , france september 15 , 1875 -- hollywood , california usa february 15 , 1963 -rrb- was a french-born american film director , producer , screenwriter and actor .a cinema pioneer , gasnier shepherded the early career of comedian max linder , co-directed the enormously successful film serial '' the perils of pauline '' -lrb- 1914 -rrb- and capped his output with the notorious exploitation film '' reefer madness '' -lrb- 1936 -rrb- .