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Jean Renoir (1894-1979), the son of French
Impressionist painter Pierre Auguste Renoir, was born in
Paris. His first film, a silent feature, La Fille de
l'eau(1924) starred his first wife, Catherine
Hessling, who had been a model for his father.
Mr. Renoir's films reflect a sense of fluidity and
spontaneity, which are the result of his choreographed
staging and masterful camera work. Grand
Illusion(1937) won the New York Film Critics Award
for Best Foreign Film. In 1975 Jean Renoir was recognized
with a special Academy Award for his genius as a filmmaker.
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filmography
Jean Renoir directed the following movies:
The Little Theater of Jean Renoir (1969)
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Nino Formicola
Elusive Corporal (1962)
Starring: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claude Brasseur
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
Starring: Paul Meurisse, Catherine Rouvel
The Testament of Dr. Cordelier (1959)
Starring: Jean-Louis Barrault
Elena and Her Men (1956)
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Jean Marais
French Can-Can (1955)
Starring: Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul
The Golden Coach (1952)
Starring: Anna Magnani, Odoardo Spadaro
The River (1951)
Starring: Patricia Walters, Nora Swinburne
A Day in the Country (1946)
Starring: Sylvia Bataille, Georges Darnoux
Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
Starring: Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith
The Southerner (1945)
Starring: Zachary Scott, Betty Field
This Land Is Mine (1943)
Starring: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara
Rules of the Game (1939)
Starring: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor
La Bete Humaine (1938)
Starring: Jean Gabin, Simone Simon
Grand Illusion (1937)
Starring: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay
La Marseillaise (1937)
Starring: Pierre Renoir, Lisa Delamare
The Lower Depths (1936)
Starring: Jean Gabin, Louis Jouvet
The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
Starring: Rene Lefevre, Jules Berry
Toni (1934)
Starring: Charles Blavette, Celia Montalvan
Madame Bovary (1934)
Starring: Pierre Renoir, Valentine Tessier
Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
Starring: Michel Simon, Charles Grandval
La Chienne (1931)
Starring: Michel Simon, Janie Mareze
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