Robert Bresson

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-09-25 (98 years old)

Deathday

1999-12-18

Place of Birth

Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

Robert Bresson

Biography

Robert Bresson (25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of minimalist film. Bresson is among the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time. He has the most number (seven) of films in the Top 250 list of greatest films ever made published by Sight and Sound in 2012. His works A Man Escaped (1956), Pickpocket (1959) and Au hasard Balthazar (1966) were ranked among the 100 greatest films ever made in the 2012 Sight &...

Production

1967

Mouchette

as Screenplay

1967

Mouchette

as Director

1959

Pickpocket

as Director

1959

Pickpocket

as Screenplay

1966

1966

1977

The Devil, Probably

as Screenplay

1977

1983

L'Argent

as Director

1983

L'Argent

as Writer

1956

A Man Escaped

as Dialogue

1956

A Man Escaped

as Scenario Writer

1956

A Man Escaped

as Director

1945

1969

A Gentle Woman

as Director

1974

1969

1934

1956

A Man Escaped

as Writer

1943

1937

Southern Carrier

as Screenplay

1936

The Twins of Brighton

as Scenario Writer

1934

1951

1951

1974

1963

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