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Jean-Pierre Melville

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French filmmaker and actor (1917-1973)

FranceDirectorsLived 1917 to 1973 · aged 55
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Jean-Pierre Grumbach, known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville, was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success.

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Filmography 33

Breathless1960 · ★ 7.5
Le Samouraï1967 · ★ 7.8
Le Cercle Rouge1970 · ★ 7.6
Army of Shadows1969 · ★ 7.9
A Cop1972 · ★ 6.6
Le Doulos1962 · ★ 7.4
Orpheus1950 · ★ 7.6
Bob le Flambeur1956 · ★ 7.3
Le Deuxième Souffle1966 · ★ 7.7
Léon Morin, Priest1961 · ★ 7.1
The Silence of the Sea1949 · ★ 7.5
The Strange Ones1950 · ★ 6.6
Bluebeard1963 · ★ 6.4
Two Men in Manhattan1959 · ★ 6.4
Magnet of Doom1963 · ★ 6.3
Sign of the Lion1962 · ★ 7.1
Le Combat dans l'île1962
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown1946
When You Read This Letter1953
Belmondo, le magnifique2017
Lino Ventura, la part intime2018
Code Name: Melville2010
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses1971
A Girl in a Pocket1957
Belmondo: The Incorrigible2022
Melville, le dernier samouraï2020
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante1977
Les Rois de la comédie2023
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau2019
Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs2024
Their First Films2004
Melville-Delon: Honor and Night2011
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle1966

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Television 2

Midi trente1972
Cinépanorama1956

Awards 1

Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Connected to Jean-Pierre 6

About this person

Jean-Pierre Grumbach, known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville, was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather 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).

Country
France
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 1973 · aged 55
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30 languages

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