René Clément

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-03-18 (83 years old)

Deathday

1996-03-17

Place of Birth

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

René Clément

Biography

René Clément (March 18, 1913, Bordeaux – March 17, 1996, Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a French film director and screenwriter. Clément studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. In 1936, he directed his first film, a 20 minute short written and featuring Jacques Tati. Clément spent the latter part of the 1930s making documentaries in parts of the Middle East and Africa. In 1937, he and archaeologist Jules Barthou were in Yemen making preparations to film a documentary, the first ever of that country and one that includes the only known film image of Imam Yahya. Almost ten years passed before Clé...

Acting

2019

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

as Self (archive footage)

1960

Purple Noon

as Clumsy Waiter (uncredited)

2020

Production

1960

Purple Noon

as Director

1960

Purple Noon

as Screenplay

1966

1950

The Glass Castle

as Director

1952

Forbidden Games

as Screenplay

1952

Forbidden Games

as Director

1970

1946

Mr. Orchid

as Director

1937

1964

Joy House

as Director

1949

1956

Gervaise

as Director

1972

And Hope to Die

as Director

1975

The Baby Sitter

as Director

1947

The Damned

as Director

1963

1971

The Deadly Trap

as Director

1961

1936

Watch Your Left

as Director

1954

Monsieur Ripois

as Director

1964

Joy House

as Screenplay

1957

This Angry Age

as Director

1946

1975

The Baby Sitter

as Screenplay

1957

This Angry Age

as Screenplay

1961

The Joy of Living

as Screenplay

1950

The Glass Castle

as Screenplay

1937

1947

The Damned

as Writer

1931

1971

The Deadly Trap

as Adaptation

1946

Beauty and the Beast

as First Assistant Director

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