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Jean-Pierre Melville

Directing

Born October 20, 1917 · Paris, France

Died August 2, 1973

Also known as Jean-Pierre Grumbach · 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔 · 장피에르 멜빌

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Biography

Jean-Pierre Grumbach, known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville, was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather 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).

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Awards & recognition

  • Knight of the Legion of Honour

Filmography18 titles

Army of Shadows

1969Director, Screenplay

Le Samouraï

1967Director, Screenplay

Second Wind

1966Director, Writer

The Red Circle

1970Director, Editor, Writer

Orpheus

1950as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Breathless

1960as Parvulesco the Writer

The Silence of the Sea

1949Adaptation, Director, Editor, Executive Producer, Screenplay

Le Doulos

1962Director, Screenplay

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999Thanks

Bob le Flambeur

1956as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Léon Morin, Priest

1961Director, Writer

The Terrible Children

1950Director, Producer, Production Design, Writer

A Cop

1972Director, Writer

Bluebeard

1963as Clemenceau's Aide

Two Men in Manhattan

1959as Moreau

Magnet of Doom

1963Dialogue, Director, Screenplay

24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

1946as Narrator (uncredited)

The Good Thief

2002Original Film Writer