René Clément

Directeur, Scénariste, Acteur

18 mars 1913 — 17 mars 1996 (82 ans)
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 Clément directed a feature but his French Resistance film, La Bataille du rail (1945), gained much critical and commercial success. From there René Clément became one of his country's most successful and respected directors, garnering numerous awards including two films that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the first in 1950 for The Walls of Malapaga (Au-delà des grilles) and the second time two years later for Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits). Clément had international success with several films but his star-studded 1966 epic Is Paris Burning?, written by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Paul Graetz was a costly box office failure. Clément continued to make a few films until his retirement in 1975, including an international success with Rider On The Rain that starred Charles Bronson and Marlène Jobert. In 1984 the French motion picture industry honored his lifetime contribution to film with a special César Award. René Clément died in 1996 and was buried in the local cemetery in Menton on the French Riviera where he had spent his years in retirement.

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Films & Séries sur Plex

  • La Belle et la Bête
    La Belle et la Bête1946
  • Le Passager de la pluie
    Le Passager de la pluie1970

Connue pour

  • Plein soleil
    Plein soleil1960
  • Jeux interdits
    Jeux interdits1952
  • La Belle et la Bête
    La Belle et la Bête1946
  • Paris brûle-t-il?
    Paris brûle-t-il?1966
  • Le Passager de la pluie
    Le Passager de la pluie1970
  • Les Félins
    Les Félins1964
  • La Bataille du rail
    La Bataille du rail1946
  • Gervaise
    Gervaise1956
  • Les Maudits
    Les Maudits1947
  • Soigne ton gauche
    Soigne ton gauche1936
  • Monsieur Ripois
    Monsieur Ripois1954
  • Quelle joie de vivre
    Quelle joie de vivre1961
  • La Maison sous les arbres
    La Maison sous les arbres1971
  • Le Jour et l'heure
    Le Jour et l'heure1963
  • La baby sitter
    La baby sitter1975
  • Le Père tranquille
    Le Père tranquille1946
  • Le Château de verre
    Le Château de verre1950
  • La Course du lièvre à travers les champs
    La Course du lièvre à travers les champs1972
  • Citizen Jane, l'Amérique selon Fonda
    Citizen Jane, l'Amérique selon Fonda2020

Filmographie

1975
Wanted: Babysitter · as Screenplay
1964
Joy House · as Screenplay
1961
The Joy of Living · as Screenplay
1960
Purple Noon · as Screenplay
1958
This Angry Age · as Screenplay
1952
Forbidden Games · as Screenplay
1950
The Glass Castle · as Screenplay
1947
1946
The Battle of the Rails · as Screenplay

2020
1961
The Joy of Living · as Le Général
1960
Purple Noon · as Clumsy Waiter (uncredited)

2024
2022
2022
2019
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau · as Self (archive Footage)
2016
1976
César Awards · as Self
1956
Cinépanorama · as Self
1954
Camera Three · as Self
1952

1971
The Deadly Trap · as Adaptation
1963
The Day and the Hour · as Adaptation
1954
Knave of Hearts · as Adaptation
1946
Beauty and the Beast · as First Assistant DirectorSur Plex