Jean-Pierre Melville
Known for Directing · 23 credits
- Born
- 1917-10-20
- Died
- 1973-08-02
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Also known as
- Jean-Pierre Grumbach · 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔 · 장피에르 멜빌 · 장-피에르 멜빌 · 장 피에르 멜빌
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 which he adopted the pseudonym 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over.
His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them in the crime dramas, have been highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. Roger Ebert appraised him as "one of the greatest directors."
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Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (21)
Breathless
1960
as Parvulesco the Writer
Orpheus
1950
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Bluebeard
1963
as Clemenceau's Aide
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Bob le Flambeur
1956
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Le Combat dans l'île
1962
as Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
A Girl in a Pocket
1957
as Commissioner
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
1946
as Narrator (uncredited)
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
as Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Sign of the Lion
1962
as Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Belmondo, le magnifique
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Code Name: Melville
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Melville, le dernier samouraï
2020
as (archives)
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Two Men in Manhattan
1959
as Moreau
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
as Self - Interviewee
Melville-Delon: Honor and Night
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses
1971
as Himself
About Jean-Pierre Melville
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 filmm… With 23 credits spanning from 1946 to 2024, Jean-Pierre Melville has appeared in 21 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jean-Pierre Melville Movies
- Breathless (1960) — as Parvulesco the Writer
- Orpheus (1950) — as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Bluebeard (1963) — as Clemenceau's Aide
- Belmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)
- Bob le Flambeur (1956) — as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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