René Féret

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-05-26 (70 years old)

Deathday

2015-04-28

Place of Birth

La Bassée, Nord, France

René Féret

Biography

René Féret (26 May 1945 – 28 April 2015) was a French actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. His film Solemn Communion, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. In The Man Who Wasn't There (L'Homme qui n'était pas là), his 1987 film adaption of Roderick MacLeish's novel, he played alongside Claude Jade in the leading role of Charles Elaine. Very much an independent creator, Féret made several films around an invented family living in northern France, the Gravets, but based on his own life experience. He often used members of his own family in his films. Féret also turned to marginal individuals, in trouble: a man sent to a...

Acting

1977

Solemn Communion

as Julien Gravet I

2003

L'Enfant du pays

as Pierre Merveille

1988

Savannah

as Fabien

1999

East/West

as Ambassadeur de France

1983

Sarah

as Duparc, producer

1981

2008

Like a Star Shining in the Night

as Marc and Eric's chef (uncredited)

1994

Couchettes express

as Le médecin

1976

Lumière

as Julien

Production

2010

2010

Mozart's Sister

as Director

2003

L'Enfant du pays

as Director

1985

1985

1992

Summer Strolls

as Director

1992

Summer Strolls

as Dialogue

1992

Summer Strolls

as Producer

1992

Summer Strolls

as Screenplay

2013

Le Prochain film

as Director

2013

1977

Solemn Communion

as Director

2012

Madame Solario

as Director

2015

1975

The Story of Paul

as Screenplay

1975

1993

2003

1980

Fernand

as Director

1996

1980

Fernand

as Delegated Producer

1980

Fernand

as Scenario Writer

2001

Rue du retrait

as Director

1981

Last Summer

as Producer

2012

Madame Solario

as Producer

1989

Baptême

as Writer

1989

Baptême

as Director

1997

Destiny

as Producer

1977

1977

Solemn Communion

as Producer

2015

Anton Tchekhov 1890

as Screenplay

1983

Side Roads

as Producer

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