
Jean-Pierre Melville
Known for: Directing
Born: October 20, 1917
Died: August 2, 1973
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)…
Known for

Two Men in Manhattan
1959
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses
1971

Melville-Delon: Honor and Night
2011

Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
2024
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966

24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
1946

Melville, le dernier samouraï
2020

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

Belmondo, le magnifique
2017

Breathless
1960

Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018

Le Combat dans l'île
1962

Bob le Flambeur
1956

Code Name: Melville
2010

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019

Bluebeard
1963

A Girl in a Pocket
1957

Sign of the Lion
1962

Midi trente
1972

Cinépanorama
1956

Orpheus
1950

Les Rois de la comédie
2023

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022