Jean Renoir
Directing
Born: September 15, 1894 · Paris, France
Died: February 12, 1979 (aged 84)
Highest Rated
Biography
Jean Renoir (15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. As an author, he wrote the definitive biography of his father, the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Renoir, My Father (1962). In the 1930s, Renoir was associated with the Popular Front, and several of his films reflect the movement's left-wing politics and deal with social issues as well as class disparities. He was perhaps the most significant director of the poetic realism movement. The satirical comedy-drama film The Rules of the Game (1939) is often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made; it is the only film to earn a place among the top ten films in the respected British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial critics' poll for every decade from the poll's inception in 1952 through the 2012 list. Other important works are Grand Illusion (1937), A Day in the Country (1946) and The River (1951). Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
Known for
Grand Illusion
1937
The Rules of the Game
1939
La Bête Humaine
1938
A Day in the Country
1946
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932
La Chienne
1931
The River
1951
French Cancan
1955
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936
The Golden Coach
1952
The Lower Depths
1936
Toni
1935
Photos (5)
Movies (14)
The Rules of the Game
Octave
La Bête Humaine
Cabuche
The Spanish Earth
Narrator (voice)
A Day in the Country
Père Poulain
Backbiters
le sous-préfet
Postface: La Petite Marchande d'allumettes
Jean Renoir
La P’tite Lili
Man with Bowler Hat
Little Red Riding Hood
Compère le Loup
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
The Narrator/Host
Life Is Ours
Le patron du bistrot
Jean Renoir parle de son art
Interviewee
Charleston Parade
Angel
Mam'zelle Nitouche
Master sergeant (uncredited)
The Pursuit of Happiness
1930
Self / Appearances (19)
Discorama
Self · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 1 eps
Louis Lumière
Self
Langlois
Self
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Self (archive footage)
The Christian Licorice Store
Self
The Emma Bovary Trial
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut l'insoumis
Self (archive footage)
D'un Céline l'autre
Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
Self
Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception
Self
Directing Actors by Jean Renoir
Self
Le Parti du cinéma
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Those of Our Land
Self
Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif
Self
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
Self - Interviewee
Un tournage à la campagne
Self
L'album de famille de Jean Renoir
Self
Directing (41)
The River
Director
The Elusive Corporal
Director
The Rules of the Game
Director
Grand Illusion
Director
French Cancan
Director
La Bête Humaine
Director
Le Bled
Director
Swamp Water
Director
Nana
Director
The Tournament
Director
The Woman on the Beach
Director
Experiment in Evil
Director
La Marseillaise
Director
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Director
Marquitta
Director
This Land Is Mine
Director
La Chienne
Director
The Golden Coach
Director
The Southerner
Director
Picnic on the Grass
Director
The Lower Depths
Director
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Director
A Salute to France
Director
Elena and Her Men
Director
A Day in the Country
Director
Whirlpool of Fate
Director
Night at the Crossroads
Director
The Little Match Girl
Director
Backbiters
Director
Madame Bovary
Director
Toni
Director
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Director
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Co-Director
The Ways of Love
Director
Tosca
Co-Director
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
Director
Baby's Laxative
Director
Life Is Ours
Director
Chotard and Co.
Director
The Sad Sack
Director
Charleston Parade
Director
Writing (39)
BBC2 Play of the Week
Book
The River
Screenplay
The Elusive Corporal
Writer
The Rules of the Game
Screenplay
Grand Illusion
Writer
French Cancan
Adaptation
French Cancan
Writer
La Bête Humaine
Screenplay
The Tournament
Adaptation
The Woman on the Beach
Screenplay
Experiment in Evil
Screenplay
La Marseillaise
Writer
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Screenplay
Marquitta
Adaptation
This Land Is Mine
Screenplay
La Chienne
Screenplay
The Golden Coach
Screenplay
The Southerner
Writer
Picnic on the Grass
Screenplay
The Lower Depths
Writer
A Salute to France
Screenplay
Elena and Her Men
Writer
A Day in the Country
Writer
Night at the Crossroads
Screenplay
The Little Match Girl
Writer
Backbiters
Screenplay
Madame Bovary
Screenplay
Toni
Author
Toni
Screenplay
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Screenplay
Little Red Riding Hood
Writer
Carola
Writer
Cristobal's Gold
Dialogue
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
Writer
Baby's Laxative
Writer
Life Is Ours
Writer
Chotard and Co.
Writer
Renoir, My Father
Book
The Sad Sack
Writer
Producing (10)
The River
Producer
The Rules of the Game
Producer
Nana
Producer
Experiment in Evil
Producer
La Marseillaise
Producer
This Land Is Mine
Producer
Whirlpool of Fate
Producer
The Little Match Girl
Producer
Backbiters
Producer
Little Red Riding Hood
Producer