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René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, 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.
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- René-Lucien Chomette, 11 November 1898, Paris, France
- 1924–1976
René Clair was born on 11 November 1898 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Man About Town (1947), Beauties of the Night (1952) and The Grand Maneuver (1955). He was married to Bronia Clair. He died on 15 March 1981 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Writer, Director, Producer
- November 11, 1898
- René Clair
- March 15, 1981
Apr 18, 2024 · 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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Dec 23, 2019 · Clair. For a very small window of time Clair was the greatest director in the world along with von Sternberg. From 1930 to 1931 he made three of the best 1000 films, and three of the best 100 films of the decade—Under the Roofs of Paris, Le Million, and – À nous la liberté. He would add a few solid Hollywood films to his resume in the ...
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.”. It stages a series of zany, disconnected scenes, including a chess match between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray that is swept away by a jet of water, a dizzying roller coaster ...
May 23, 2018 · French film director and screenwriter René Clair (1898–1981) was an avant–garde filmmaker known for injecting his art with satiric and surrealist touches. A former journalist and actor, Clair discovered a passion for filmmaking and directed 28 films between 1928 and 1965 that were known for their wit, style, charm, and imaginative use of ...
Biography: life and films. F ew film directors have witnessed in their lifetime as dramatic a re-appraisal of their work as René Clair. In the late 1920s, early '30s, Clair was considered one of the world's foremost cineastes, ranking alongside Eisenstein, Chaplin and D.W. Griffith, but this acclaim would not endure.
