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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.
Aug 24, 2015 · Born Jean-Pierre Grumbach and adopting the moniker “Melville” after his favorite American author, he fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII, and started making independent films...
Jean-Pierre Melville. Writer: The Samurai. The name "Melville" is not immediately associated with film. It conjures up images of white whales and crackbrained captains, of naysaying notaries and soup-spilling sailors. It is the countersign to a realm of men and their deeds, both heroic and villainous.
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.
One of the very few filmmakers we deeply cherish above almost all others and whose work we hold in the greatest esteem is Jean-Pierre Melville, the highly influential French filmmaker who reached his peak in the sixties, and succumbed to a heart attack at the age of only fifty-five.
Jean-Pierre Grumbach, dit Jean-Pierre Melville, né le 20 octobre 1917 dans le 9 e arrondissement de Paris et mort le 2 août 1973 dans le 13 e arrondissement de Paris, est un réalisateur et scénariste français.
Oct 4, 2002 · Together Alone: The Outsider Cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville. And to Melville, the fate of the gangster-movie hero is inseparable from his style or his morality: it’s part of the form he occupies, just as his Cadillac and his chivalrous manners are.
Apr 24, 2017 · Jean-Pierre Melville’s Cinema of Resistance. His films are illuminated by what he saw when France was ruled by oppression and ordinary people had to decide what, or whom, they would obey....
An in-depth biography of the film director and writer Jean-Pierre Melville, and a complete list of the artist's films, with links to movie reviews.
Sep 30, 2019 · Melville was a surrogate father with whom one fell out the better to reconcile. Happy are those who got to know Studio Jenner. Translated from the French by Nicholas Elliott. The Complete Jean-Pierre Melville is available to stream on the Criterion Channel through February 29, 2020.
