Jean-Pierre Melville
Writer, Director, Actor, Editor, Producer
October 20, 1917 — August 2, 1973 (55 years)
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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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
Filmography
| 2002 | The Good Thief · as Original Film Writer |
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| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Army of Shadows · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | Le Samouraï · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1966 | |
| 1962 | Le Doulos · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
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| 1956 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1946 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown · as Screenplay |
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| 1967 | Le SamouraïOn Plex |
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| 1963 | |
| 1962 | Le DoulosOn Plex |
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| 1946 |
| 2022 | |
| 2020 | Melville, le dernier samouraï · as (archives) |
| 1963 | Bluebeard · as Clemenceau's Aide |
| 1962 | Le combat dans l'île · as Un Membre De L'organisation (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Sign of the Lion · as Un Consommateur (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Breathless · as Parvulesco The Writer |
| 1959 | Two Men in Manhattan · as Moreau |
| 1957 | Girl in His Pocket · as Commissioner |
| 1956 | Bob le Flambeur · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Glass Castle · as Le Chauffeur De Taxi |
| 1950 | Orpheus · as Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| 1946 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown · as Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1956 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1949 | The Silence of the Sea · as Executive Producer |
| 1946 |
| 2024 | Delon / Melville, la solitude de 2 samouraïs · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Les Rois de la comédie · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Simone Signoret, figure libre · as Self |
| 2019 | Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Lino Ventura, la part intime · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Belmondo, le magnifique · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | My Journey Through French Cinema · as Self |
| 2008 | Code Name: Melville · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1972 | Midi Trente · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1971 | Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses · as Himself |
| 1964 | Filmmakers of our time · as Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama · as Self |
| 1963 | Magnet of Doom · as Dialogue |
| 1950 | The Terrible Children · as Production Design |
| 1949 | The Silence of the Sea · as Adaptation |