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Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French:), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave , he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success.
Jean-Pierre Melville (20th October, 1917 – 2 August, 1973) was a dynamic new voice in the post-war French film world whose independence and directorial methods made him the mentor of the aspiring New Wave directors.
Jul 29, 2024 · Jean-Pierre Melville was a French motion-picture director whose early films strongly influenced the directors of the New Wave, the innovative French film movement of the late 1950s. Grumbach’s enthusiasm for American culture prompted him to change his name to that of his favourite writer, Herman.
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Aug 20, 2007 · The wide-ranging styles and ideas that were in the Parisian air are on view in new DVD releases from two of that era’s pioneers, Isidore Isou and Jean-Pierre Melville.
Precursor of the New Wave and legend of the French gangster film, Jean-Pierre Melville realized the dream of a quarter-century when he adapted “ the book of the Resistance”, written by Joseph Kessel (BELLE DU JOUR) in the white heat of immediacy.
Beginning his career in the late 1940s, Melville was too old to ride the French New Wave that took off a decade later, spearheaded by François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard.
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Sep 22, 1993 · Of the major French film makers, Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973) remains one of the least known in this country. Those Americans who do know him are probably more familiar with his reputation...
