Jean-Pierre Melville: Biografía, Filmografía y actores con los que más ha trabajado

Trabajo principal: Directing

Edad: 107 años

Lugar de nacimiento: Paris, France

Fecha de nacimiento: 20 de octubre de 1917

Películas destacadas de Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Narrator (uncredited) en Veinticuatro horas en la vida de un payaso — Veinticuatro horas en la vida de un payaso
*Narrator (uncredited)*

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Hotel Manager (uncredited) en Orfeo — Orfeo
*Hotel Manager (uncredited)*

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Le commissaire en Amour de poche — Amour de poche
*Le commissaire*

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Clemenceau's Aide en Landrú — Landrú
*Clemenceau's Aide*

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Self en Sous le nom de Melville — Sous le nom de Melville
*Self*

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited) en Combate en la isla — Combate en la isla
*Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)*

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Un Consommateur (uncredited) en El signo de Leo — El signo de Leo
*Un Consommateur (uncredited)*

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Lui-même (archives) en Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Bourvil, Louis de Funès - Les Rois de la comédie — Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Bourvil, Louis de Funès - Les Rois de la comédie
*Lui-même (archives)*

Jean-Pierre Melville interpreta a Moreau en Dos hombres en Manhattan — Dos hombres en Manhattan
*Moreau*

Biografía de Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [m?lvil]), 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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