Jean-Pierre Melville

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 subjec
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Personal Info

Id

3831

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-10-20

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
  • Content Score

    100

    Yes! Looking good!

    Known For

    Breathless

    Breathless

    Belmondo, le magnifique

    Belmondo, le

    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    Les Rois de la comédie

    Les Rois de

    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    24 Hours in

    Two Men in Manhattan

    Two Men in M

    Le Combat dans l’île

    Le Combat da

    Orpheus

    Orpheus

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    Code Name: M

    Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

    Alain Delon,

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    Jean-Pierre

    Placeholder

    Urgent ou à

    Placeholder

    A Girl in a

    Placeholder

    Melville-Del

    Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs

    Delon Melvil

    Lino Ventura, la part intime

    Lino Ventura

    Bob le Flambeur

    Bob le Flamb

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    Melville, le

    Sign of the Lion

    Sign of the

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    No title found

    2024

    Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2023

    Les Rois de la comédie

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2020

    Melville, le dernier samouraï

    as(archives)

    2019

    Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2018

    Lino Ventura, la part intime

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2017

    Belmondo, le magnifique

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2011

    Melville-Delon: Honor and Night

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2010

    Code Name: Melville

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1977

    Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1971

    Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses

    asHimself

    1966

    Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

    asSelf - Interviewee

    1963

    Bluebeard

    asClemenceau's Aide

    1962

    Le Combat dans l’île

    asUn membre de l'organisation (uncredited)

    1962

    Sign of the Lion

    asUn Consommateur (uncredited)

    1960

    Breathless

    asParvulesco the Writer

    1959

    Two Men in Manhattan

    asMoreau

    1957

    A Girl in a Pocket

    asCommissioner

    1956

    Bob le Flambeur

    asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

    1950

    Orpheus

    asHotel Manager (uncredited)

    1946

    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    asNarrator (uncredited)

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asSelf (archive footage)

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asSelf