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René Clair (1898-1981) was a French filmmaker and writer who made silent and sound films in France, UK and USA. He is known for his comedy, fantasy and nostalgia, and his influence on cinema and literature.
René Clair (1898-1981) was a French writer and director of silent and sound films. He was known for his comedies, such as Man About Town, Beauties of the Night and The Grand Maneuver, and his adaptations of La Fontaine's fables.
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- Paris, France
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- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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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René Clair est un réalisateur, scénariste, parolier et écrivain français, né en 1898 et mort en 1981. Il a marqué le cinéma avec des films comme Paris qui dort, Sous les toits de Paris, À nous la liberté ou Les Temps modernes de Chaplin.
- 15 mars 1981 (à 82 ans)Neuilly-sur-Seine
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- 11 novembre 1898Paris
- Cimetière ancien de Neuilly-sur-Seine
May 23, 2018 · A leader in the emerging French cinema in the 1920s and 1930s, Clair also made films in England and the United States. In 1962, he became the first film director to be elected to the French Academy. In a career that lasted 40 years, René Clair gained international acclaim for the films he directed.
René Clair Entr'acte 1924. Not on view. Still one of the best-known avant-garde films of the 1920s, Entr’acte was immediately heralded as a “cinematic masterpiece.”.
René Clair 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. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade.
