Jacques Rivette
French film director, screenwriter and film critic (1928-2016) · France · On the map · Directors · Died at 87
Jacques Rivette was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma. He made twenty-nine films, including L'Amour fou (1969), Out 1 (1971), Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974), and La Belle Noiseuse (1991).
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Around a Small MountainFilm, Director, Writer2003
The Story of Marie and JulienFilm, Director, Writer2000
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmasFilm1995
Lumière & CompanyFilm, Director1991Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAward
La Belle NoiseuseFilm, 1991Director, Writer1989
Gang of FourFilm, Director, Writer1984
Love on the GroundFilm, Director, Writer1981
Merry-Go-RoundFilm, Director, Writer1974
Céline and Julie Go BoatingFilm, Director1971
Out 1Series, Director, Writer1970
Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley ClarkeFilm, Jacques Rivette1969Sutherland TrophyAward1964
Pour le plaisirSeries
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-mêmeFilm, 19641962Sutherland TrophyAward1961
Paris Belongs to UsFilm, Director, Writer1954
Reflets de CannesSeries1952
The DiversionFilm, Director1949
Aux quatre coinsFilm, Director, Writer1928Born1 March 1928
Around a Small MountainFilm, Director, Writer2003The Story of Marie and JulienFilm, Director, Writer2000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmasFilm1995Lumière & CompanyFilm, Director1991Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAwardLa Belle NoiseuseFilm, 1991Director, Writer1989Gang of FourFilm, Director, Writer1984Love on the GroundFilm, Director, Writer1981Merry-Go-RoundFilm, Director, Writer1974Céline and Julie Go BoatingFilm, Director1971Out 1Series, Director, Writer1970Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley ClarkeFilm, Jacques Rivette1969Sutherland TrophyAward1964Pour le plaisirSeriesLa Nouvelle Vague par elle-mêmeFilm, 19641962Sutherland TrophyAward1961Paris Belongs to UsFilm, Director, Writer1954Reflets de CannesSeries1952The DiversionFilm, Director1949Aux quatre coinsFilm, Director, Writer1928Born1 March 1928People around Jacques
Sandrine Bonnaire Jacques directed Top Secret and Joan the Maiden
Barbet Schroeder Jacques directed Celine and Julie Go Boating (1993)
Bulle Ogier Jacques directed Celine and Julie Go Boating (1993)
Jean-Louis Richard Jacques directed Joan the Maiden (1994)
Pascal Bonitzer Also in Love on the Ground and Wuthering Heights
André Marcon Jacques directed Up, Down, Fragile (1996)
Hermine Karagheuz Also in La mémoire courte and Out 1: Spectre
Stéphane Tchalgadjieff Produced Duelle (Une Quarantaine) (1976)
Juliet Berto Jacques directed Out 1 and Duelle
Suzanne Schiffman Also in Out 1: Spectre and Merry-Go-Round
Danièle Gégauff Jacques directed Noroît and Merry-Go-Round
Jane Birkin Jacques directed La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Jean-François Stévenin Jacques directed Out 1 and Le Pont du Nord
Hélène de Fougerolles Jacques directed Va savoir and Joan the Maiden
Jacques Bonnaffé Jacques directed Va savoir (2002)
Nathalie Richard Jacques directed Gang of Four (1990)
Bruno Wolkowitch Jacques directed Joan the Maiden (1994)
Jean-Pierre Lorit Jacques directed Joan the Maiden (1994)
Michel Berto Jacques directed Out 1 and Merry-Go-Round
Bernadette Lafont Jacques directed Out 1 and Noroît
Nicole Garcia Jacques directed The Story of Marie and Julien (2004)
Jeanne Balibar Jacques directed Va savoir (2002)
Bruno Todeschini Jacques directed Va savoir and Up, Down, Fragile
Marianne Denicourt Jacques directed La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
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La Belle Noiseuse 1991
Out 1 1990
The Nun 1967
Duelle (Une Quarantaine) 1976
Céline and Julie Go Boating 1974
Filmography 40
97 credits on file
Television 3
Media & music
Photos 7
François Truffaut outside a theatre showing Claude Chabrol's Le Beau Serge (1958), considered the first film of the French New Wave. Truffaut was one of Rivette's best friends, and he and Chabrol helped finance Paris Belongs to Us.
Rivette cast Jean-Luc Godard's wife, Anna Karina, in The Nun (1966) and directed a theatrical version with Karina.
Juliet Berto (left) and Bulle Ogier (center) co-starred in Céline et Julie vont en bateau (1974); Marie Dubois is on the right. Ogier appeared in seven of Rivette's films.
Emmanuelle Béart and Michel Piccoli at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, where La Belle Noiseuse (1991) won two awards.
Jane Birkin at the 66th Venice International Film Festival premiere of 36 Views from the Pic Saint-Loup in 2009. Birkin appeared in three of Rivette's films.
Rivette during filming of The Duchess of Langeais in 2006Awards
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His work is noted for its improvisation, loose narratives, and lengthy running times.
Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2016 · aged 87
