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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.
Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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.
Aug 24, 2015 · The Essentials: The 10 Greatest Jean-Pierre Melville Films. When sifting through the catalogue of illustrious French filmmakers, the pioneers and precursors to the French New Wave, those...
Jean-Pierre Melville (born Oct. 20, 1917, Paris, France—died Aug. 2, 1973, Paris) 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.
By Sven Mikulec 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.
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....
The Master of French Film Noir. J ean-Pierre Melville has been rightly hailed as the father of the French gangster film. Certainly, his moody thriller offerings are the films for which he is best known, on a par if not better than anything which Hollywood has given us.
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), 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.
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.
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.
