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Jean-Pierre Melville

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 10/20/1917 († 55, 08/02/1973) | Paris (France)
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... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for Jean-Pierre Melville

Knight of The Legion of Honour
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Movies with Jean-Pierre Melville as Actor(16)

as Self (archive footage)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 himself2008 Code Name: Melville
as Georges Mandel1963 Bluebeard
as Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)1962 Le Combat dans l’île
as Un Consommateur (uncredited)1962 The Sign of Leo
as Parvulesco the Writer1960 Breathless
as Moreau1959 Two Men in Manhattan
as Le commissaire1957 A Girl in a Pocket
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1956 Bob le Flambeur
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)1950 Orpheus
as Narrator (uncredited)1946 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

TV Shows/Series with Jean-Pierre Melville as Actor(2)

as Self (archive footage)1972 Midi trente
as himself1956 Cinépanorama

Movies with Jean-Pierre Melville as Crew(38)

Writing/Screenplay2003 The Good Thief
Directing/Director1972 Un Flic
Writing/Writer1972 Un Flic
Directing/Director1970 Le Cercle Rouge
Editing/Editor1970 Le Cercle Rouge
Writing/Writer1970 Le Cercle Rouge
Directing/Director1969 Army of Shadows
Writing/Screenplay1969 Army of Shadows
Directing/Director1967 Le Samouraï
Writing/Screenplay1967 Le Samouraï
Directing/Director1966 Le Deuxième Souffle
Writing/Writer1966 Le Deuxième Souffle
Directing/Director1963 Magnet of Doom
Writing/Dialogue1963 Magnet of Doom
Writing/Screenplay1963 Magnet of Doom
Directing/Director1962 Le Doulos
Writing/Screenplay1962 Le Doulos
Directing/Director1961 Léon Morin, Priest
Writing/Writer1961 Léon Morin, Priest
Directing/Director1959 Two Men in Manhattan
Writing/Writer1959 Two Men in Manhattan
Directing/Director1956 Bob le Flambeur
Production/Producer1956 Bob le Flambeur
Writing/Writer1956 Bob le Flambeur
Directing/Director1953 When You Read This Letter
Production/Producer1953 When You Read This Letter
Art/Production Design1950 The Strange Ones
Directing/Director1950 The Strange Ones
Production/Producer1950 The Strange Ones
Writing/Writer1950 The Strange Ones
Directing/Director1949 The Silence of the Sea
Editing/Editor1949 The Silence of the Sea
Production/Executive Producer1949 The Silence of the Sea
Writing/Adaptation1949 The Silence of the Sea
Writing/Screenplay1949 The Silence of the Sea
Directing/Director1946 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
Production/Producer1946 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
Writing/Screenplay1946 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

Citizenship: France
Born: Saturday, 10/20 1917 (October) in Paris (France)
Died: Thursday, 08/02 1973 (August) in 13th arrondissement of Paris (aged: 55)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: French (FR)
Educated at: Lycée Michelet, Vanves
Siblings: Jacques Grumbach
Other names for Jean-Pierre Melville (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jean-Pierre Grumbach"
"让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔"
"장피에르 멜빌"
"장-피에르 멜빌"
"장 피에르 멜빌"
Jean-Pierre Melville frequently works together with these people:
Alain Delon (8x, Actor)
Henri Decaë (8x, Crew)
Monique Bonnot (8x, Crew)
Jean-Luc Godard (6x, Crew)
Jean Cocteau (6x, Crew)
Jean-Paul Belmondo (5x, Actor)
Claude Chabrol (5x, Crew)
Jacques Léonard (5x, Actor)
Gérard Courant (5x, Crew)
Michèle Morgan (3x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:509686, Added: 10/05/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024