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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/02/2024
Les Rois de la comédie
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2023
Melville, le dernier samouraï
Character:(archives)
Release Date:29/03/2020
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/05/2019
Lino Ventura, la part intime
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/02/2018
Belmondo, le magnifique
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/09/2017
Melville-Delon: Honor and Night
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/01/2011
Code Name: Melville
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/03/2010
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/1977
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses
Character:Himself
Release Date:16/07/1971
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Character:Self - Interviewee
Release Date:30/07/1966
Bluebeard
Character:Clemenceau's Aide
Release Date:25/01/1963
Le Combat dans l’île
Character:Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
Release Date:16/08/1962
Sign of the Lion
Character:Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Release Date:03/05/1962
Breathless
Character:Parvulesco the Writer
Release Date:16/03/1960
Two Men in Manhattan
Character:Moreau
Release Date:16/10/1959
A Girl in a Pocket
Character:Commissioner
Release Date:06/11/1957
Bob le Flambeur
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:24/08/1956
Orpheus
Character:Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Release Date:29/09/1950
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
Character:Narrator (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1946
Television Appearances
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