Directing
Jean-Pierre Melville
- Born
- Oct 20, 1917 · Aged 55
- Died
- Aug 2, 1973
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 21
- TV credits
- 2
- Directing credits
- 15
Also known as (5)
- Jean-Pierre Grumbach
- 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔
- 장피에르 멜빌
- 장-피에르 멜빌
- 장 피에르 멜빌
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 subject matter and approach to filmmaking was heavily influenced by his service in…
