Jean Renoir
Known for Directing · 35 credits
- Born
- 1894-09-15
- Died
- 1979-02-12
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- 장 르누아르 · ジャン・ルノワール
Biography
Jean Renoir (15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) 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. As an author, he wrote the definitive biography of his father, the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Renoir, My Father (1962).
In the 1930s, Renoir was associated with the Popular Front, and several of his films reflect the movement's left-wing politics and deal with social issues as well as class disparities. He was perhaps the most significant director of the poetic realism movement. The satirical comedy-drama film The Rules of the Game (1939) is often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made; it is the only film to earn a place among the top ten films in the respected British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial critics' poll for every decade from the poll's inception in 1952 through the 2012 list. Other important works are Grand Illusion (1937), A Day in the Country (1946) and The River (1951).
Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (32)
The Rules of the Game
1939
as Octave
La Bête Humaine
1938
as Cabuche
A Day in the Country
1946
as Père Poulain
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Life Is Ours
1936
as Le patron du bistrot
The Christian Licorice Store
1971
as Self
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974
as The Narrator/Host
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Le Parti du cinéma
2021
as Self (voice) (archive footage)
La P’tite Lili
1927
as Man with Bowler Hat
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception
1967
as Self
Little Red Riding Hood
1930
as Compère le Loup
D'un Céline l'autre
1969
as Self
Jean Renoir parle de son art
1961
as Interviewee
The Emma Bovary Trial
2021
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Those of Our Land
1915
as Self
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
1967
as Self - Interviewee
Postface: La Petite Marchande d'allumettes
1969
as Jean Renoir
Backbiters
1927
as le sous-préfet
The Spanish Earth
1937
as Narrator (voice)
Langlois
1970
as Self
The Pursuit of Happiness
1930
Louis Lumière
1968
as Self
Mam'zelle Nitouche
1931
as Master sergeant (uncredited)
Charleston Parade
1927
as Angel
Un tournage à la campagne
1994
as Self
Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif
1967
as Self
Directing Actors by Jean Renoir
1969
as Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
2012
as Self
L'album de famille de Jean Renoir
1956
as Self
La règle du jeu de Jean Renoir: Une analyse du film par l'image
1987
as Self (archive footage)
About Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir (15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) 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. As an author, he wrote the definitive biography of his father, the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Renoir, My Father (1962). In the 1930s, Renoir was associated with the Popular Front, and several of his films reflect the movement's left-wing politics and deal with social issues as well as class disparities. He was perhap… With 35 credits spanning from 1915 to 2021, Jean Renoir has appeared in 32 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean Renoir Movies
- The Rules of the Game (1939) — as Octave
- La Bête Humaine (1938) — as Cabuche
- A Day in the Country (1946) — as Père Poulain
- François Truffaut l'insoumis (2014) — as Self (archive footage)
- Life Is Ours (1936) — as Le patron du bistrot
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