Jean-Pierre Melville
Born in Paris, France — Oct 20 1917• Died Aug 02 1973
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Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father 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). Melville's subject matter and approach to filmmaking was…
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Jean-Pierre Melville's Credits
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Midi trente
Self (archive footage)
Breathless
Parvulesco the Writer
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Crew
Le Samouraï
Directing
Le Cercle Rouge
Directing
A Cop
Writing
Orpheus
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Army of Shadows
Writing
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
The Good Thief
Writing
Bluebeard
Clemenceau's Aide
Le Doulos
Directing
Bob le Flambeur
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Léon Morin, Priest
Directing
Le Silence de la mer
Writing
Le Deuxième Souffle
Writing
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Self (archive footage)
Thlípsi
Crew
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Self (archive footage)
When You Read This Letter
Directing
Sign of the Lion
Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Self (archive footage)
Le Combat dans l'île
Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
Magnet of Doom
Writing
A Girl in a Pocket
Commissioner
Les Rois de la comédie
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, le magnifique
Self (archive footage)
Melville, le dernier samouraï
(archives)
Code Name: Melville
Self (archive footage)
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
Narrator (uncredited)
Two Men in Manhattan
Moreau
The Strange Ones
Directing
Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
Self (archive footage)
Melville-Delon: Honor and Night
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses
Himself
Their First Films
Directing
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Self - Interviewee
Short Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville
Writing