Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
Person

Jean Renoir

Director 1894-09-15 Paris, France

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 cl...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game

1939 · Octave

La Bête Humaine

La Bête Humaine

1938 · Cabuche

A Day in the Country

A Day in the Country

1946 · Père Poulain

Charleston Parade

Charleston Parade

1927 · Angel

The Spanish Earth

The Spanish Earth

1937 · Narrator (voice)

Life Is Ours

Life Is Ours

1936 · Le patron du bistrot

La P’tite Lili

La P’tite Lili

1927 · Man with Bowler Hat

Louis Lumière

Louis Lumière

1968 · Self

Backbiters

Backbiters

1927 · le sous-préfet

Those of Our Land

Those of Our Land

1915 · Self

The Christian Licorice Store

The Christian Licorice Store

1971 · Self

The Emma Bovary Trial

The Emma Bovary Trial

2021 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

1974 · The Narrator/Host

François Truffaut l'insoumis

François Truffaut l'insoumis

2014 · Self (archive footage)

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956 · Self

Langlois

Langlois

1970 · Self

Le Parti du cinéma

Le Parti du cinéma

2021 · Self (voice) (archive footage)

Directing Actors by Jean Renoir

Directing Actors by Jean Renoir

1969 · Self

Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur

Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur

1967 · Self - Interviewee

Mam'zelle Nitouche

Mam'zelle Nitouche

1931 · Master sergeant (uncredited)