Biography
Jean Renoir was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. In 2002, he was ranked fourth on the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of the greatest directors. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and the uncle of the cinematographer Claude Renoir. With Claude, he made The River (1951), the first color film shot in India. A lifelong lover of theater, Renoir turned to the stage for The Golden Coach (1952) and French Cancan (1955). He was one of the first filmmakers to be known as an auteur; the critic Penelope Gilliatt said a Renoir shot could be identified "in a thousand miles of film."
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Honorary Award · 1974
- Prix Charles Blanc · 1963
- Louis Delluc Prize · 1937
- Academy Awards
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
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- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1963 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best British Film · 1953 · nominated
- BAFTA Award — Best Film · 1953 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1946 · nominated
Filmography19 titles
Grand Illusion
The Rules of the Game
The River
A Day in the Country
The Bitch
French Cancan
This Land Is Mine
The Lower Depths
The Golden Coach
The Human Beast
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Toni
Boudu Saved from Drowning
The Southerner
The Spanish Earth
Life Is Ours
Elena and Her Men
Baby's Laxative
Langlois