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Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. He was ranked by the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of critics in 2002 as the fourth greatest director of all time. Among numerous honors accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975 for his contribution to the motion picture industry. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was one of the first filmmakers to be known as an auteur.
Born
Saturday, 15 September 1894
Died
Monday, 12 February 1979
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Simenon et l'affaire du cinéma | Self | 2020 |
La passione di Anna Magnani | Self | 2019 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Journeys Through French Cinema | Self | 2017 |
My Journey Through French Cinema | Self | 2016 |
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self | 2011 |
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1993 |
François Truffaut: Portraits volés | Self | 1993 |
Vivement Truffaut | Self | 1985 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir | 1970 |
The Elusive Corporal | 1962 |
Picnic on the Grass | 1959 |
Experiment in Evil | 1959 |
Elena and Her Men | 1956 |
French Cancan | 1955 |
The Golden Coach | 1952 |
The River | 1951 |
The Woman on the Beach | 1947 |
The Diary of a Chambermaid | 1946 |
The Southerner | 1945 |
Salute to France | 1944 |
This Land Is Mine | 1943 |
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | 1943 |
Swamp Water | 1941 |
The Story of Tosca | 1941 |
The Rules of the Game | 1939 |
La Bête Humaine | 1938 |
La Marseillaise | 1938 |
La Grande Illusion | 1937 |
The Lower Depths | 1936 |
A Day in the Country | 1936 |
La vie est à nous | 1936 |
The Crime of Monsieur Lange | 1936 |
Toni | 1935 |
Madame Bovary | 1934 |
Chotard and Company | 1933 |
Boudu Saved from Drowning | 1932 |
Night at the Crossroads | 1932 |
La Chienne | 1931 |
Baby's Laxative | 1931 |
Le bled | 1929 |
The Tournament | 1929 |
The Sad Sack | 1928 |
The Little Match Girl | 1928 |
Marquitta | 1927 |
Charleston Parade | 1927 |
Nana | 1926 |
Whirlpool of Fate | 1925 |
Une vie sans joie | 1924 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Experiment in Evil | 1959 |
The River | 1951 |
This Land Is Mine | 1943 |
The Rules of the Game | 1939 |
La Marseillaise | 1938 |
The Crime of Monsieur Lange | 1936 |
La Chienne | 1931 |
Little Red Riding Hood | 1930 |
Nana | 1926 |
Whirlpool of Fate | 1925 |
Une vie sans joie | 1924 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1946 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |