Jean Renoir

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Biography

Renoir is arguably the greatest artist that the cinema has ever known, simply because he was able to work effectively in virtually all genres without sacrificing his individuality or bowing to public or commercial conventions. Although the son of the famed impressionist painter Auguste Renoir, his visual sensibility was entirely his own, and the technical facility that marks his films is the result of long and assiduous study.

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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Music, Other

Born

January 1, 1970

LATEST CREDITS

Vivement Truffaut!

Actor

The Rules of the Game

Octave, Director

The Christian Licorice Store

Himself

The Vanishing Corporal

Director

Grand Illusion

Director

Boudu Saved From Drowning

Director, Screenplay

Le Testament du Dr Cordelier

Director, Screenplay

La Marseillaise

Director

La Chienne

Director, Screenplay

French Can-Can

Director, Producer, Screenplay

The River

Director

Picnic On the Grass

Director, Screenplay

The Golden Coach

Director

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange

Director, Screenplay

Elena and Her Men

Director (French-language version )

The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir

Director, Screenplay