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René Clair born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960. Clair's best known films include The Italian Straw Hat (1928), Under the Roofs of Paris (1930), Le Million (1931), À nous la liberté (1931), I Married a Witch (1942), and And Then There Were None (1945).
Birth Name
René-Lucien Chomette
Born
Friday, 11 November 1898
Died
Sunday, 15 March 1981
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Journeys Through French Cinema | Self | 2017 |
Il falso bugiardo | Self | 2008 |
Cinéastes de notre temps | Self | 1964 |
En compagnie de Max Linder | Narrator / Narrateur (voice) | 1963 |
Le sens de la mort | 1922 | |
L'orpheline | Pierre Moral | 1921 |
Parisette | Jean Vernier | 1921 |
Le lys de la vie | Prince | 1920 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Journeys Through French Cinema | Self | 2017 |
Il falso bugiardo | Self | 2008 |
Cinéastes de notre temps | Self | 1964 |
En compagnie de Max Linder | Narrator / Narrateur (voice) | 1963 |
Le sens de la mort | 1922 | |
L'orpheline | Pierre Moral | 1921 |
Parisette | Jean Vernier | 1921 |
Le lys de la vie | Prince | 1920 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Lace Wars | 1965 |
Three Fables of Love | 1962 |
Tout l'or du monde | 1961 |
Love and the Frenchwoman | 1960 |
The Gates of Paris | 1957 |
The Grand Maneuver | 1955 |
Beauties of the Night | 1952 |
Beauty and the Devil | 1950 |
Man About Town | 1947 |
And Then There Were None | 1945 |
It Happened Tomorrow | 1944 |
Forever and a Day | 1943 |
I Married a Witch | 1942 |
The Flame of New Orleans | 1941 |
Break the News | 1938 |
The Ghost Goes West | 1935 |
The Last Billionaire | 1934 |
July 14 | 1933 |
À Nous la Liberté | 1931 |
Le Million | 1931 |
Under the Roofs of Paris | 1930 |
Two Timid Souls | 1928 |
The Horse Ate the Hat | 1928 |
La tour | 1928 |
The Prey of the Wind | 1927 |
The Imaginary Voyage | 1926 |
The Phantom of the Moulin-Rouge | 1925 |
At 3:25 | 1925 |
Entr'acte | 1924 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Tout l'or du monde | 1961 |
The Gates of Paris | 1957 |
The Grand Maneuver | 1955 |
Beauties of the Night | 1952 |
Man About Town | 1947 |
And Then There Were None | 1945 |
Forever and a Day | 1943 |
I Married a Witch | 1942 |
The Flame of New Orleans | 1941 |
Break the News | 1938 |
At 3:25 | 1925 |
Entr'acte | 1924 |