Jean-Pierre Melville
Age: N/A | From: Paris, France
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Jean-Pierre Grumbach , 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔 , 장피에르 멜빌 , 장-피에르 멜빌 , 장 피에르 멜빌
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Paris, France
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 57
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Melville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Army of Shadows
(1969) Screenplay
Le Cercle Rouge
(1970) Writer
Le Samouraï
(1967) Screenplay
The Silence of the Sea
(1949) Screenplay
Le Doulos
(1962) Screenplay
Le Deuxième Souffle
(1966) Writer
Léon Morin, Priest
(1961) Writer
Bob le Flambeur
(1956) WriterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lui-même (archives) | |
| 2020 | (archives) | |
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2008 | Self | |
| 1977 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1972 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1971 | Himself | |
| 1966 | Self - Interviewee | |
| 1963 | Clemenceau's Aide | |
| 1962 | Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited) | |
| Un Consommateur (uncredited) | ||
| 1960 | Parvulesco the Writer | |
| 1959 | Moreau | |
| 1957 | Le commissaire | |
| 1956 | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| 1950 | Hotel Manager (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Narrator (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Original Film Writer | |
| 2003 | Screenplay | |
| 1972 | Writer | |
| 1970 | Writer | |
| 1969 | Screenplay | |
| 1967 | Screenplay | |
| 1966 | Writer | |
| 1963 | Dialogue | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1962 | Screenplay | |
| 1961 | Writer | |
| 1959 | Writer | |
| 1956 | Writer | |
| 1950 | Writer | |
| 1949 | Adaptation | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1946 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| 1970 | Director | |
| 1969 | Director | |
| 1967 | Director | |
| 1966 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
| 1962 | Director | |
| 1961 | Director | |
| 1959 | Director | |
| 1956 | Director | |
| 1953 | Director | |
| 1950 | Director | |
| 1949 | Director | |
| 1946 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Editor | |
| 1949 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Producer | |
| 1953 | Producer | |
| 1950 | Producer | |
| 1949 | Executive Producer | |
| 1946 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Production Design | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |