Jacques Rivette

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-03-01 (88 years old)

Deathday

2016-01-29

Place of Birth

Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Jacques Rivette

Biography

Jacques Rivette (March 1, 1928 - January 29, 2016) was a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette was one of the more experimental of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) directors. In common with many of his peers, he had a background in film criticism, where he expressed his admiration for popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich, Howard Hawks and Frank Tashlin. Rivette's films progress in unconventional ways—often following multiple plots that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation—and are often extremely long.

Acting

1950

The Glass Castle

as Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)

1990

1982

Short Memory

as Marcel Jaucourt

1995

Up, Down, Fragile

as Man at Crepe/Hot Dog Stand

1981

Merry-Go-Round

as Man entering car (cameo)

1963

The Lovely Month of May

as Self (uncredited)

1956

Fool’s Mate

as Narrator (uncredited)

1961

Paris Belongs to Us

as A man at the party (uncredited)

Production

1991

La Belle Noiseuse

as Screenplay

1991

1961

1967

The Nun

as Writer

1967

The Nun

as Director

1969

L'Amour fou

as Director

1995

1995

1984

1976

Duelle

as Director

1976

Noroît

as Director

1998

Secret Defense

as Director

1998

Secret Defense

as Scenario Writer

1956

Fool’s Mate

as Director

2001

Va Savoir (Who Knows?)

as Scenario Writer

2001

1989

Gang of Four

as Scenario Writer

1989

Gang of Four

as Director

1990

Out 1

as Writer

1990

Out 1

as Director

1982

Le Pont du Nord

as Scenario Writer

1982

Le Pont du Nord

as Director

1985

Wuthering Heights

as Screenplay

1985

2004

1973

Out 1: Spectre

as Director

1973

1981

Merry-Go-Round

as Director

1981

Paris s'en va

as Director

1949

Aux quatre coins

as Director of Photography

1949

1976

Noroît

as Writer

1982

1998

1984

1961

1995

1976

Noroît

as Dialogue

1976

Duelle

as Writer

1989

Gang of Four

as Writer

1990

Out 1

as Set Designer

1969

L'Amour fou

as Dialogue

1952

The Diversion

as Director

1950

The Quadrille

as Director

1949

Aux quatre coins

as Director

1981

Paris s'en va

as Writer

1981

1956

Fool’s Mate

as Writer

1954

Bérénice

as Editor

1956

The Kreutzer Sonata

as Director of Photography

1954

Bérénice

as Director of Photography

2025

Film Study 01

as Original Story

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