Jean Grémillon
Jean Grémillon was a French film director. After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, Grémillon had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928. Over the next quarter-century, he directed twenty more feature films, of which he is best known for five made between 1937 and 1944: Gueule d'amour (1937), L'Étrange M. Victor (1938), Remorques (1941), Lumière d'été (1943), and Le Ciel est à vous (1944), all but the first starring Madeleine Renaud. Grémillon rejected what he referred to as "mechanical naturalism" in favor of "the discovery of that subtlety which the human eye does not perceive directly but which must be shown by establishing the harmonies, the unknown relations, between objects and beings; it is a vivifying, inexhaustible source of images that strike our imaginations and enchant our hearts." He died on November 25, 1959 in Paris, France.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
March 4, 1898Deathday
November 25, 1959Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
35Place of birth
Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, FranceAlso known as
Jean Gremillon
Cast credits
Crew credits
Misdeal
Original Music Composer, Director
Stormy Waters
Director
Summer Light
Director
The Love of a Woman
Director, Dialogue, Writer, Story
White Paws
Director
The Lighthouse Keepers
Director
Lady Killer
Director, Editor
Dainah the Mixed
Director
The Woman Who Dared
Director
The Strange Monsieur Victor
Director
Little Lise
Director
La Dolorosa
Director, Writer
Guard! Alert!
Director
The Strange Madame X
Director
The Sixth of June at Dawn
Director, Writer
Valse royale
Director
La maison aux images
Director
For One Cent's Worth of Love
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