Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. His works include the crime dramas Bob le flambeur (1956), Le Doulos (1962), Le Samouraï (1967), and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), and the war films Le Silence de la mer (1949) and Army of Shadows (1969). Melville's subject matter and approach to filmmaking was heavily influenced by his service in the French Resistance during World War II, during which he adopted the pseudonym 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over. His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them in the crime dramas, have been highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. Roger Ebert appraised him as "one of the greatest directors." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Melville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
October 20, 1917Deathday
August 2, 1973Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
39Place of birth
Paris, FranceAlso known as
Jean-Pierre Grumbach, 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔, 장피에르 멜빌, 장-피에르 멜빌, 장 피에르 멜빌Cast credits
Breathless
Parvulesco the WriterBelmondo, le magnifique
Self (archive footage)Bluebeard
Clemenceau's AideLes rois de la comédie
Lui-même (archives)24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
Narrator (uncredited)Two Men in Manhattan
MoreauLe Combat dans l’île
Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)Orpheus
Hotel Manager (uncredited)Code Name: Melville
SelfAlain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Self (archive footage)Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Self (archive footage)A Girl in a Pocket
Le commissaireMelville-Delon: Honor and Night
Self (archive footage)Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
Self (archive footage)Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)Bob le Flambeur
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Melville, le dernier samouraï
(archives)Sign of the Lion
Un Consommateur (uncredited)Crew credits
Le Samouraï
Screenplay, DirectorLe Doulos
Director, ScreenplayThe Good Thief
ScreenplayLe Cercle Rouge
Editor, Director, WriterBob le Flambeur
Producer, Director, WriterTwo Men in Manhattan
Director, WriterThe Silence of the Sea
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay, Editor, Executive ProducerA Cop
Director, WriterArmy of Shadows
Director, ScreenplayLes Enfants Terribles
Director, Writer, Producer, Production DesignLéon Morin, Priest
Director, Writer24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
Director, Producer, ScreenplayMagnet of Doom
Director, Screenplay, DialogueWhen You Read This Letter
Director, ProducerTheir First Films
DirectorShort Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville
Original Film WriterGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
ThanksLe Deuxième Souffle
Writer, DirectorThlípsi
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