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Éric Rohmer

Directing

Born March 20, 1920 · Tulle, Corrèze, France

Died January 11, 2010

Also known as Maurice Schérer · Eric Rohmer · Gilbert Cordier

Biography

Éric Rohmer (March 21, 1920 – January 11, 2010) was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma. Description above from the Wikipedia article Éric Rohmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden LionLifetime Achievement · 2001
  • David di Donatello Luchino Visconti · 1990
  • Golden Lion · 1986
  • Silver BearBest Director · 1983
  • Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix · 1976
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  • National Board of Review AwardBest Foreign Language Film · 1976
  • National Board of Review AwardBest Foreign Language Film · 1971
  • Louis Delluc Prize · 1970
  • National Society of Film Critics AwardBest Screenplay · 1970
  • Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize · 1967
  • Jean-Le-Duc award
  • European Film AwardBest Director · 2001 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Film · 1995 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Original Screenplay or Adaptation · 1988 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Original Screenplay · 1985 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Director · 1985 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Film · 1985 · nominated
  • César AwardBest Original Screenplay · 1983 · nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics AwardBest Director · 1976 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Original Screenplay · 1971 · nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics AwardBest Director · 1971 · nominated
  • National Society of Film Critics AwardBest Screenplay · 1970 · nominated

Filmography29 titles

Out 1

1971as Le balzacien

My Night at Maud's

1969Director, Writer

The Green Ray

1986Director, Writer

Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle

1987as Man in Supermarket (uncredited)

A Summer's Tale

1996Director, Writer

Love in the Afternoon

1972Director, Screenplay

Claire's Knee

1970Director, Writer

The Aviator's Wife

1981Director, Writer

Autumn Tale

1998Director, Screenplay

Boyfriends and Girlfriends

1987Director, Writer

A Tale of Winter

1992Director, Screenplay

Pauline at the Beach

1983Director, Screenplay

The Collector

1967Director, Writer

The Bakery Girl of Monceau

1963Director, Editor, Writer

A Tale of Springtime

1990Director, Writer

Full Moon in Paris

1984Director, Writer

A Good Marriage

1982Director, Screenplay

The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque

1993Director, Screenplay

The Marquise of O

1976as Russian Soldier

All the Boys Are Called Patrick

1959Writer

Nadja in Paris

1964Director

Suzanne's Career

1963Director, Editor, Writer

Véronique and Her Dunce

1959Director, Writer

The Romance of Astrea and Celadon

2007Director, Writer

A Modern Coed

1966Director

Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak

1951Director, Screenplay

Godard Cinema

2023as Self (archive footage)

I Think I Love My Wife

2007Original Film Writer

The Curve

1999Technical Advisor