About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1898-03-04
Place of birth:
Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Website:
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Jean Grémillon

Overview

Jean Grémillon was a French film director.

After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, Grémillon had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928. Over the next quarter-century, he directed twenty more feature films, of which he is best known for five made between 1937 and 1944: Gueule d'amour (1937), L'Étrange M. Victor (1938), Remorques (1941), Lumière d'été (1943), and Le Ciel est à vous (1944), all but the first starring Madeleine Renaud.

Grémillon rejected what he referred to as "mechanical naturalism" in favor of "the discovery of that subtlety which the human eye does not perceive directly but which must be shown by establishing the harmonies, the unknown relations, between objects and beings; it is a vivifying, inexhaustible source of images that strike our imaginations and enchant our hearts."

He died on November 25, 1959 in Paris, France.

Known for

Acting
1952 Astrology or the mirror of life Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1949 The Charms of Life Actor Narrator 58
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Directing
1958 Haute-Lisse Directing Director 59
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1958 André Masson and the Four Elements Directing Director 59
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1955 La maison aux images Directing Director 58
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1954 In the heart of Ile de France Directing Director 58
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1953 The Love of a Woman Directing Director 59
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1952 Alchemy Directing Director 59
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1952 Astrology or the mirror of life Directing Director N/A
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1951 The Strange Madame X Directing Director 58
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1949 The Charms of Life Directing Director 58
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1949 White Paws Directing Director 58
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1949 Les désastres de la guerre Directing Director 59
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1947 The Sixth of June at Dawn Directing Director 59
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1944 The Woman Who Dared Directing Director 59
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1943 Summer Light Directing Director 59
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1941 Stormy Waters Directing Director 59
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1938 The Strange Monsieur Victor Directing Director 59
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1937 Lady Killer Directing Director 59
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1937 Guard! Alert! Directing Director 58
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1936 Les pattes de mouche Directing Director N/A
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1936 Valse royale Directing Director N/A
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1934 Gonzague Directing Director N/A
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1934 La Dolorosa Directing Director 58
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1932 Dainah the Mixed Directing Director 59
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1932 For One Cent's Worth of Love Directing Director 59
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1930 Little Lise Directing Director 58
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1929 The Lighthouse Keepers Directing Director 59
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1928 Misdeal Directing Director 59
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1926 Casting Ella Maillart Directing Director N/A
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1926 La vie des travailleurs italiens en France Directing Director N/A
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1926 Essais au bord de la mer Directing Director N/A
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1924 La photogénie mécanique Directing Director N/A
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1923 Chartres Directing Director 59
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Writing
1958 André Masson and the Four Elements Writing Screenplay 59
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1953 The Love of a Woman Writing Story 59
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1953 The Love of a Woman Writing Dialogue 59
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1953 The Love of a Woman Writing Writer 59
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1952 Alchemy Writing Writer 59
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1949 The Charms of Life Writing Screenplay 58
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1947 The Sixth of June at Dawn Writing Writer 59
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1934 Gonzague Writing Screenplay N/A
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1934 Gonzague Writing Dialogue N/A
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1934 La Dolorosa Writing Writer 58
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1926 Essais au bord de la mer Writing Writer N/A
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1926 Casting Ella Maillart Writing Writer N/A
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Sound
1958 Haute-Lisse Sound Original Music Composer 59
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1928 Misdeal Sound Original Music Composer 59
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Camera
1945 Le Journal de la Résistance Camera Camera Operator 59
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Editing
1937 Lady Killer Editing Editor 59
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1923 Chartres Editing Editor 59
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