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Jean Marie Maurice Schérer or Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer ( French: [eʁik ʁomɛʁ]; 21 March 1920 [a] – 11 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher. Rohmer was the last of the post-World War II French New Wave directors to become established.
Who is Eric Rohmer? Born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer on December 1, 1920 in Nancy, a small city in Lorraine, he relocated to Paris and became a literature teacher and newspaper reporter. In 1946, under the pen name Gilbert Cordier, he published his only novel, "Elizabeth".
Apr 18, 2024 · Éric Rohmer (born April 4, 1920?, Tulle?, France—died January 11, 2010, Paris) was a French motion-picture director and writer who was noted for his sensitively observed studies of romantic passion. Rohmer was an intensely private man who provided conflicting information about his early life.
Jun 16, 2016 · Éric Rohmer, the father of the French New Wave. Photograph by Tyrone Dukes / The New York Times / Redux. Though biographies are meant to illuminate and reveal their subjects, it’s no insult to...
Mar 24, 2021 · Richard Brody writes about the French film director Éric Rohmer’s œuvre, which is animated by a lyrical intellectualism and informed by his right-wing conservatism.
Aug 15, 2022 · Despite the popularity of the French New Wave, Eric Rohmer found his own path and style. Here, we rank his ten greatest cinematic efforts.
Jan 12, 2010 · Eric Rohmer, the French critic and filmmaker who was one of the founding figures of the French New Wave and the director of more than 50 films, including the Oscar-nominated “My Night at...
Jan 11, 2010 · Eric Rohmer died today in Paris at the age of eighty-nine. The quiet elegance of his films is so self-evident that it often overshadows (entirely by Rohmer’s careful and deep...
Jan 11, 2010 · Movies. French filmmaker Eric Rohmer dies at 89. French New Wave director Eric Rohmer, known for “My Night at Maud’s,” “Claire’s Knee,” and other films about the intricacies of romantic...
Eric Rohmer (born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, April 4, 1920 - January 11, 2010) was a screenwriter and director and a key figure in French New Wave cinema. He began writing film criticism in the late 1940’s and was, for some years, the editor of Cahiers du Cinema.
