Jean Renoir
French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979)
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Directed La Grande Illusion and The Rules of the Game, two films critics won't stop citing as masterpieces. Made the first color film shot in India and was pulling recognizable shots decades before auteur theory had a name for it.
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Jean Renoir was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. In 2002, he was ranked fourth on the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of the greatest directors. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and the uncle of the cinematographer Claude Renoir. With Claude, he made The River (1951), the first color film shot in India. A lifelong lover of theat…
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