Jean-Pierre Melville
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1917-10-20 (56 years old)
Deathday
1973-08-02
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also known As
Jean-Pierre Grumbach
让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔
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Jean-Pierre Melville
Biography
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father 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). Melville's subject matter and approach to filmmaking was heavily influenced by his service in the French Resistance during World War II, during whi...
Acting
1960
as Parvulesco the Writer
2017
as Self (archive footage)
1963
as Clemenceau's Aide
2023
as Self (archive footage)
1946
as Narrator (uncredited)
1959
as Moreau
1962
as Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
1950
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
2010
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1971
1977
1957
as Commissioner
2011
as Self (archive footage)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1956
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1966
as Self - Interviewee
2020
as (archives)
1962
as Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Production
1967
as Screenplay
1967
as Director
1962
as Director
1962
as Screenplay
2002
as Screenplay
1970
as Editor
1970
as Director
1956
as Producer
1956
as Director
1959
as Director
1949
as Director
1949
as Adaptation
1972
as Director
1972
as Writer
1969
as Director
1969
as Screenplay
1950
as Director
1961
as Director
1946
as Director
1963
as Director
1963
as Screenplay
1963
as Dialogue
1953
as Director
2004
as Director
2021
as Original Film Writer
1949
as Screenplay
1950
as Writer
1949
as Editor
1949
as Executive Producer
1950
as Producer
1950
as Production Design
1999
as Thanks
1961
as Writer
1966
as Writer
1966
as Director
1953
as Producer
1956
as Writer
1959
as Writer
1946
as Producer
2018
as Thanks
1946
as Screenplay
1970
as Writer
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