Marcel Ichac, born October 22, 1906 in Rueil-Malmaison (Seine-et-Oise) and died April 9, 1994 in Ăzanville (Val-d'Oise), was a French filmmaker, photographer, explorer and mountaineer. âGrand master of documentariesâ according to historian Jean Tulard, Marcel Ichac is considered in particular as âthe greatest filmmaker specializing in mountain films in France and undoubtedly in the worldâ of his generation by Georges Sadoul. First a skier and mountaineer, a great witness of French