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René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), 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.
René Chomette, dit René Clair, est un cinéaste, réalisateur, scénariste, parolier et écrivain français, né le 11 novembre 1898 à Paris Ier 1 et mort le 15 mars 1981 à Neuilly-sur-Seine. Il utilise également d'autres pseudonymes, au début de sa vie : René Després comme journaliste et Danceny comme parolier.
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Apr 18, 2024 · René Clair (born Nov. 11, 1898, Paris, France—died March 15, 1981, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French director of silent films and talking pictures, whose productions were noted for humour and burlesque and also often for fantasy or surrealism.
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May 23, 2018 · French film director and screenwriter René Clair (1898–1981) was an avant–garde filmmaker known for injecting his art with satiric and surrealist touches.
Dec 23, 2019 · Clair. For a very small window of time Clair was the greatest director in the world along with von Sternberg. From 1930 to 1931 he made three of the best 1000 films, and three of the best 100 films of the decade— Under the Roofs of Paris, Le Million, and – À nous la liberté .
Under the Roofs of Paris (French: Sous les toits de Paris) is a 1930 French film directed by René Clair. The film was probably the earliest French example of a filmed musical-comedy, although its often dark tone differentiates it from other instances of the genre.
Biography: life and films. F ew film directors have witnessed in their lifetime as dramatic a re-appraisal of their work as René Clair. In the late 1920s, early '30s, Clair was considered one of the world's foremost cineastes, ranking alongside Eisenstein, Chaplin and D.W. Griffith, but this acclaim would not endure.
