Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1917-10-20
Deathday: 1973-08-02 (55 years old)

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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 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

all 37

Movies 35

Director 13

self 10

Writer 3

TV Shows 2

Narrator 1

Lui-même (archives)
Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Bourvil, Louis de Funès - Les Rois de la comédie

Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Bourvil, Louis de Funès - Les Rois de la comédie (2023)

Movie
Original Film Writer
Le Cercle rouge

Le Cercle rouge (2021)

Movie
(archives)
Melville, le dernier samouraï

Melville, le dernier samouraï (2020)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau (2019)

Movie
Thanks
Thlípsi

Thlípsi (2018)

Movie
Self
Lino Ventura, la part intime

Lino Ventura, la part intime (2018)

Movie
Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, le magnifique

Belmondo, le magnifique (2017)

Movie
Self
Melville-Delon: Honor and Night

Melville-Delon: Honor and Night (2011)

Movie
Self
Code Name: Melville

Code Name: Melville (2008)

Movie
Director
Their First Films

Their First Films (2004)

Movie
Writer
The Good Thief

The Good Thief (2003)

Movie
Thanks
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Movie
6.24
Self (archive footage)
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante (1977)

Movie
Director
Un Flic

Un Flic (1972)

Movie
1
Self (archive footage)
Midi trente

Midi trente (1972)

TV
Self
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses

Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses (1971)

Movie
Director
Le Cercle Rouge

Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

Movie
1
Director
Army of Shadows

Army of Shadows (1969)

Movie
3.67
Director
Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï (1967)

Movie
2.67
Director
Le Deuxième Souffle

Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

Movie
Self - Interviewee
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle (1966)

Movie
Director
Magnet of Doom

Magnet of Doom (1963)

Movie
Clemenceau's Aide
Bluebeard

Bluebeard (1963)

Movie
Director
Le Doulos

Le Doulos (1962)

Movie
1
Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice (1962)

Movie
Un Consommateur (uncredited)
Sign of the Lion

Sign of the Lion (1962)

Movie
Director
Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest (1961)

Movie
6
Parvulesco the Writer
Breathless

Breathless (1960)

Movie
5.14
Moreau
Two Men in Manhattan

Two Men in Manhattan (1959)

Movie
Le commissaire
A Girl in a Pocket

A Girl in a Pocket (1957)

Movie
Director
Bob le Flambeur

Bob le Flambeur (1956)

Movie
Self
Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama (1956)

TV
Director
When You Read This Letter

When You Read This Letter (1953)

Movie
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Orpheus

Orpheus (1950)

Movie
3
Director
Les enfants terribles

Les enfants terribles (1950)

Movie
Director
The Silence of the Sea

The Silence of the Sea (1949)

Movie
Narrator
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

24 Hours in the Life of a Clown (1946)

Movie

Ratings

Average 6.36
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1946
1961
1969
1966
2023
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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1917-10-20

Deathday
1973-08-02 (55 years old)

Birth Name
Jean-Pierre Grumbach

Birth Place
9th arrondissement of Paris, France

Siblings
Jacques Grumbach

Citizenships
France

Also Known As
Jean-Pierre Grumbach, 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔, 장피에르 멜빌, 장-피에르 멜빌, 장 피에르 멜빌

Awards
Knight of the Legion of Honour


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