Jean-Pierre Melville
Directing
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Melville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Directing15
movieTheir First Films
2004
Director
movieUn Flic
1972
Director
movieLe Cercle Rouge
1970
Director
movieArmy of Shadows
1969
Director
movieLe Samouraï
1967
Director
movieLe Deuxième Souffle
1966
Director
movieMagnet of Doom
1963
Director
movieLe Doulos
1962
Director
movieLéon Morin, Priest
1961
Director
movieTwo Men in Manhattan
1959
Director
movieBob le Flambeur
1956
Director
movieThe Strange Ones
1950
Director
movieThe Silence of the Sea
1949
Director
Acting23
movieDelon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieLes Rois de la comédie
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieMelville, le dernier samouraï
2020
(archives)
movieAlain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieLino Ventura, la part intime
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieBelmondo, le magnifique
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieMelville-Delon: Honor and Night
2011
Self (archive footage)
movieCode Name: Melville
2010
Self (archive footage)
movieUrgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
1977
Self (archive footage)
tvMidi trente
1972
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966
Self - Interviewee
movieBluebeard
1963
Clemenceau's Aide
movieLe Combat dans l'île
1962
Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
movieSign of the Lion
1962
Un Consommateur (uncredited)
movieBreathless
1960
Parvulesco the Writer
movieA Girl in a Pocket
1957
Commissioner
movieBob le Flambeur
1956
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieOrpheus
1950
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
movie24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
1946
Narrator (uncredited)
Writing15
movieShort Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville
2021
Original Film Writer
movieThe Good Thief
2003
Original Film Writer
movieUn Flic
1972
Writer
movieLe Cercle Rouge
1970
Writer
movieArmy of Shadows
1969
Screenplay
movieLe Samouraï
1967
Screenplay
movieMagnet of Doom
1963
Dialogue, Screenplay
movieLe Doulos
1962
Screenplay
movieBob le Flambeur
1956
Writer
movieThe Silence of the Sea
1949
Adaptation, Screenplay
movie24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
1946
Screenplay
Production5
movieBob le Flambeur
1956
Producer
movieThe Strange Ones
1950
Producer
movieThe Silence of the Sea
1949
Executive Producer
Crew2
Editing2
Art1
movieThe Strange Ones
1950
Production Design