Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville

(1917–1973) screenwriter France

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Jean-Pierre Melville (1917–1973) was a France screenwriter.

About Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Grumbach, known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville, was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather 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).

Notable works:

Le cinéma selon Melville

Awards:

Knight of the Legion of Honour

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