Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir

Directing
Born 1894-09-15 Died 1979-02-12 Paris, France 74 credits Academy Awards 1 Commander of the Legion of Honour 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 Academy Honorary Award 1 Prix Charles Blanc 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won · 1 nominated

  • 1946 Best Director Nominated The Southerner
  • — Academy Awards Won

BAFTA Awards 3 nominated

Commander of the Legion of Honour 1 won

  • — Commander of the Legion of Honour Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

  • — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

Academy Honorary Award 1 won

  • 1974 Academy Honorary Award Won

Prix Charles Blanc 1 won

  • 1963 Prix Charles Blanc Won

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Jean Renoir (15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. As an author, he wrote the definitive biography of his father, the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Renoir, My Father (1962). In the 1930s, Renoir was associated with the Popular Front, and several of his films reflect the movement's left-wing politics and deal with social issues as well as class disparities. He was perhaps the most significant director of the poetic realism movement. The satirical comedy-drama film The Rules of the Game (1939) is often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made; it is the only film to earn a place among the top ten films in the respected British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial critics' poll for every decade from the poll's inception in 1952 through the 2012 list. Other important works are Grand Illusion (1937), A Day in the Country (1946) and The River (1951). Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
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Filmography — top 60 of 74
Directing 38 credits
The Rules of the Game
The Rules of the Game
1939 · 79% · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion
1937 · 80% · Director, Writer
The Tournament
The Tournament
1928 · Director, Adaptation
The River
The River
1951 · 72% · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Le Bled
Le Bled
1929 · Director
Swamp Water
Swamp Water
1941 · Director
Nana
Nana
1926 · Director, Producer
The Elusive Corporal
The Elusive Corporal
1962 · Director, Writer
The Woman on the Beach
The Woman on the Beach
1947 · 63% · Director, Screenplay
French Cancan
French Cancan
1955 · 73% · Director, Writer, Adaptation
This Land Is Mine
This Land Is Mine
1943 · ★ 7.1 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
La Bête Humaine
La Bête Humaine
1938 · 77% · Director, Screenplay, Cabuche
Night at the Crossroads
Night at the Crossroads
1932 · Director, Screenplay
The Southerner
The Southerner
1945 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Writer
Experiment in Evil
Experiment in Evil
1960 · ★ 6.7 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Diary of a Chambermaid
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946 · Director
Elena and Her Men
Elena and Her Men
1956 · 58% · Director, Writer
The Golden Coach
The Golden Coach
1952 · 75% · Director, Screenplay
A Salute to France
A Salute to France
1944 · Director, Screenplay
Marquitta
Marquitta
1927 · Director, Adaptation
Picnic on the Grass
Picnic on the Grass
1959 · ★ 6.3 · Director, Screenplay
La Marseillaise
La Marseillaise
1938 · Director, Writer, Producer
A Day in the Country
A Day in the Country
1946 · ★ 7.3 · Director, Writer, Père Poulain
La Chienne
La Chienne
1931 · 78% · Director, Screenplay
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
1936 · 76% · Director, Writer
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932 · 75% · Director, Screenplay
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · ★ 7.1 · Director, Screenplay
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943 · Co-Director
Whirlpool of Fate
Whirlpool of Fate
1925 · Director, Producer, Set Decoration
Toni
Toni
1935 · 76% · Director, Screenplay, Author
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl
1928 · ★ 6.9 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974 · Director, Writer, The Narrator/Host
Backbiters
Backbiters
1927 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
1934 · Director, Screenplay
Life Is Ours
Life Is Ours
1936 · Director, Writer, Le patron du bistrot
Baby's Laxative
Baby's Laxative
1931 · Director, Writer
Tosca
Tosca
1941 · Co-Director
The Sad Sack
The Sad Sack
1928 · Director, Writer
Acting 31 credits
Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
Discorama
Discorama
1959 · Self
BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Book
The Rules of the Game
The Rules of the Game
1939 · 79% · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Tournament
The Tournament
1928 · Director, Adaptation
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978 · Self (archive footage)
French Cancan
French Cancan
1955 · 73% · Director, Writer, Adaptation
Louis Lumière
Louis Lumière
1968 · Self
La Bête Humaine
La Bête Humaine
1938 · 77% · Director, Screenplay, Cabuche
Marquitta
Marquitta
1927 · Director, Adaptation
A Day in the Country
A Day in the Country
1946 · ★ 7.3 · Director, Writer, Père Poulain
The Christian Licorice Store
The Christian Licorice Store
1971 · Self
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Quand Jean devint Renoir
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Directing Actors by Jean Renoir
Directing Actors by Jean Renoir
1969 · Self
The Emma Bovary Trial
The Emma Bovary Trial
2021 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Whirlpool of Fate
Whirlpool of Fate
1925 · Director, Producer, Set Decoration
La P’tite Lili
La P’tite Lili
1927 · Man with Bowler Hat
Langlois
Langlois
1970 · Self
D'un Céline l'autre
D'un Céline l'autre
1969 · Self
La règle du jeu de Jean Renoir: Une analyse du film par l'image
La règle du jeu de Jean Renoir: Une analyse du film par l'image
1987 · Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut l'insoumis
François Truffaut l'insoumis
2014 · Self (archive footage)
The Spanish Earth
The Spanish Earth
1937 · Narrator (voice)
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
1930 · Writer, Producer, Compère le Loup
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974 · Director, Writer, The Narrator/Host
Backbiters
Backbiters
1927 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Life Is Ours
Life Is Ours
1936 · Director, Writer, Le patron du bistrot
Renoir, My Father
Renoir, My Father
1978 · Book
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
1993 · Self (archive footage)
Cristobal's Gold
Cristobal's Gold
1940 · Dialogue
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
2012 · Self
Jean Renoir parle de son art
Jean Renoir parle de son art
1961 · Interviewee
Writing 31 credits
The Rules of the Game
The Rules of the Game
1939 · 79% · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion
1937 · 80% · Director, Writer
The River
The River
1951 · 72% · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The Elusive Corporal
The Elusive Corporal
1962 · Director, Writer
The Woman on the Beach
The Woman on the Beach
1947 · 63% · Director, Screenplay
French Cancan
French Cancan
1955 · 73% · Director, Writer, Adaptation
This Land Is Mine
This Land Is Mine
1943 · ★ 7.1 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
La Bête Humaine
La Bête Humaine
1938 · 77% · Director, Screenplay, Cabuche
Night at the Crossroads
Night at the Crossroads
1932 · Director, Screenplay
The Southerner
The Southerner
1945 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Writer
Experiment in Evil
Experiment in Evil
1960 · ★ 6.7 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Elena and Her Men
Elena and Her Men
1956 · 58% · Director, Writer
The Golden Coach
The Golden Coach
1952 · 75% · Director, Screenplay
A Salute to France
A Salute to France
1944 · Director, Screenplay
Picnic on the Grass
Picnic on the Grass
1959 · ★ 6.3 · Director, Screenplay
La Marseillaise
La Marseillaise
1938 · Director, Writer, Producer
A Day in the Country
A Day in the Country
1946 · ★ 7.3 · Director, Writer, Père Poulain
La Chienne
La Chienne
1931 · 78% · Director, Screenplay
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths
1936 · 76% · Director, Writer
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932 · 75% · Director, Screenplay
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · ★ 7.1 · Director, Screenplay
Carola
Carola
1973 · Writer
Toni
Toni
1935 · 76% · Director, Screenplay, Author
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl
1928 · ★ 6.9 · Director, Writer, Producer
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
1930 · Writer, Producer, Compère le Loup
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974 · Director, Writer, The Narrator/Host
Backbiters
Backbiters
1927 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
1934 · Director, Screenplay
Life Is Ours
Life Is Ours
1936 · Director, Writer, Le patron du bistrot
Baby's Laxative
Baby's Laxative
1931 · Director, Writer
The Sad Sack
The Sad Sack
1928 · Director, Writer
Producing 10 credits
The Rules of the Game
The Rules of the Game
1939 · 79% · Director, Screenplay, Producer
The River
The River
1951 · 72% · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Nana
Nana
1926 · Director, Producer
This Land Is Mine
This Land Is Mine
1943 · ★ 7.1 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Experiment in Evil
Experiment in Evil
1960 · ★ 6.7 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
La Marseillaise
La Marseillaise
1938 · Director, Writer, Producer
Whirlpool of Fate
Whirlpool of Fate
1925 · Director, Producer, Set Decoration
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl
1928 · ★ 6.9 · Director, Writer, Producer
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
1930 · Writer, Producer, Compère le Loup
Backbiters
Backbiters
1927 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Other credits 1 credit
Backbiters
Backbiters
1927 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
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