About

Known credits:
122
Birthday:
1894-09-15
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Jean Renoir

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2021 The Emma Bovary Trial Actor Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 59
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2021 Le Parti du cinéma Actor Self (voice) (archive footage) 59
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2017 Quand Jean devint Renoir Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2015 Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Actor Self (archive footage) 60
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2014 François Truffaut l'insoumis Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2012 Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim Actor Self 59
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1994 Un tournage à la campagne Actor Self 59
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1993 Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1971 The Christian Licorice Store Actor Self 58
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1970 Langlois Actor Self 59
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1969 Postface: La Petite Marchande d'allumettes Actor Jean Renoir N/A
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1969 Directing Actors by Jean Renoir Actor Self 58
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1969 D'un Céline l'autre Actor Self 59
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1968 Louis Lumière Actor Self 59
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1967 Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception Actor Self N/A
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1967 Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur Actor Self - Interviewee 59
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1967 Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif Actor Self 59
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1961 Jean Renoir parle de son art Actor Interviewee N/A
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1956 L'album de famille de Jean Renoir Actor Himself 59
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1946 A Day in the Country Actor Père Poulain 62
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1939 The Rules of the Game Actor Octave 67
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1938 La Bête Humaine Actor Cabuche 62
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1937 The Spanish Earth Actor Narrator (voice) 59
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1936 Life Is Ours Actor Le patron du bistrot 59
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1931 Mam'zelle Nitouche Actor Master sergeant (uncredited) 59
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1930 The Pursuit of Happiness Actor N/A
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1930 Little Red Riding Hood Actor Compère le Loup N/A
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1927 Backbiters Actor le sous-préfet 59
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1927 La P’tite Lili Actor 58
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1927 Charleston Parade Actor Angel 59
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1915 Those of Our Land Actor lui-même 58
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Directing
1974 The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir Directing Director 58
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1962 The Elusive Corporal Directing Director 59
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1960 Experiment in Evil Directing Director 59
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1959 Picnic on the Grass Directing Director 59
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1956 Elena and Her Men Directing Director 58
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1955 French Cancan Directing Director 60
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1952 The Golden Coach Directing Director 60
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1951 The River Directing Director 61
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1950 The Ways of Love Directing Director N/A
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1947 The Woman on the Beach Directing Director 59
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1946 A Day in the Country Directing Director 62
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1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid Directing Director 59
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1945 The Southerner Directing Director 59
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1944 A Salute to France Directing Director N/A
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1943 This Land Is Mine Directing Director 60
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1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Directing Co-Director 59
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1941 Swamp Water Directing Director 59
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1941 Tosca Directing Co-Director 58
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1939 The Rules of the Game Directing Director 67
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1938 La Bête Humaine Directing Director 62
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1938 La Marseillaise Directing Director 59
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1937 Grand Illusion Directing Director 69
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1936 The Lower Depths Directing Director 60
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1936 Life Is Ours Directing Director 59
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1936 The Crime of Monsieur Lange Directing Director 60
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1935 Toni Directing Director 60
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1935 A Bum Deal Directing Director N/A
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1934 Madame Bovary Directing Director 58
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1933 Chotard and Co. Directing Director 58
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1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning Directing Director 60
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1932 Night at the Crossroads Directing Director 59
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1931 La Chienne Directing Director 61
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1931 Baby's Laxative Directing Director 58
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1929 Le Bled Directing Director 59
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1929 The Tournament Directing Director 58
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1928 The Sad Sack Directing Director 59
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1928 The Little Match Girl Directing Director 59
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1927 Backbiters Directing Director 59
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1927 Marquitta Directing Director N/A
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1927 Charleston Parade Directing Director 59
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1926 Nana Directing Director 59
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1925 Whirlpool of Fate Directing Director 59
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Writing
1978 Renoir, My Father Writing Book N/A
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1974 The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir Writing Writer 58
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1973 Carola Writing Writer 58
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1962 The Elusive Corporal Writing Writer 59
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1960 Experiment in Evil Writing Screenplay 59
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1959 Picnic on the Grass Writing Screenplay 59
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1956 Elena and Her Men Writing Writer 58
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1955 French Cancan Writing Writer 60
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1955 French Cancan Writing Adaptation 60
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1952 The Golden Coach Writing Screenplay 60
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1951 The River Writing Screenplay 61
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1947 The Woman on the Beach Writing Screenplay 59
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1946 A Day in the Country Writing Writer 62
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1945 The Southerner Writing Writer 59
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1944 A Salute to France Writing Screenplay N/A
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1943 This Land Is Mine Writing Screenplay 60
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1940 Cristobal's Gold Writing Dialogue N/A
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1939 The Rules of the Game Writing Screenplay 67
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1938 La Bête Humaine Writing Screenplay 62
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1938 La Marseillaise Writing Writer 59
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1937 Grand Illusion Writing Screenplay 69
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1936 The Lower Depths Writing Writer 60
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1936 Life Is Ours Writing Writer 59
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1936 The Crime of Monsieur Lange Writing Screenplay 60
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1935 Toni Writing Author 60
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1934 Madame Bovary Writing Screenplay 58
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1933 Chotard and Co. Writing Writer 58
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1932 Boudu Saved from Drowning Writing Screenplay 60
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1932 Night at the Crossroads Writing Screenplay 59
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1931 La Chienne Writing Screenplay 61
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1931 Baby's Laxative Writing Writer 58
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1930 Little Red Riding Hood Writing Writer N/A
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1929 The Tournament Writing Adaptation 58
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1928 The Sad Sack Writing Writer 59
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1928 The Little Match Girl Writing Writer 59
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1927 Backbiters Writing Screenplay 59
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1927 Marquitta Writing Adaptation N/A
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Production
1960 Experiment in Evil Production Producer 59
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1951 The River Production Producer 61
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1943 This Land Is Mine Production Producer 60
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1939 The Rules of the Game Production Producer 67
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1938 La Marseillaise Production Producer 59
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1930 Little Red Riding Hood Production Producer N/A
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1928 The Little Match Girl Production Producer 59
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1927 Backbiters Production Producer 59
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1926 Nana Production Producer 59
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1925 Whirlpool of Fate Production Producer 59
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Art
1925 Whirlpool of Fate Art Set Decoration 59
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Editing
1927 Backbiters Editing Editor 59
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