
Jean-Pierre Melville
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday20 October 1917
Died2 August 1973 (age 55)
Place of birthParis, France
Known credits39
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…

Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
2024 · Self (archive footage)

Les Rois de la comédie
2023 · Self (archive footage)

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

Short Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville
2021 · Original Film Writer

Melville, le dernier samouraï
2020 · (archives)

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019 · Self (archive footage)

Thlípsi
2018 · Thanks

Lino Ventura, la part intime
2018 · Self (archive footage)

Belmondo, le magnifique
2017 · Self (archive footage)

Melville-Delon: Honor and Night
2011 · Self (archive footage)

Code Name: Melville
2010 · Self (archive footage)

Their First Films
2004 · Director

The Good Thief
2003 · Original Film Writer

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 · Thanks

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

Un Flic
1972 · Director

Un Flic
1972 · Writer

Midi trente
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses
1971 · Himself

Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · Director

Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · Editor

Le Cercle Rouge
1970 · Writer

Army of Shadows
1969 · Director

Army of Shadows
1969 · Screenplay

Le Samouraï
1967 · Director

Le Samouraï
1967 · Screenplay

Le Deuxième Souffle
1966 · Writer

Le Deuxième Souffle
1966 · Director
Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
1966 · Self - Interviewee

Magnet of Doom
1963 · Director

Magnet of Doom
1963 · Dialogue

Magnet of Doom
1963 · Screenplay

Bluebeard
1963 · Clemenceau's Aide

Le Doulos
1962 · Director

Le Doulos
1962 · Screenplay

Le Combat dans l'île
1962 · Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)

Sign of the Lion
1962 · Un Consommateur (uncredited)

Léon Morin, Priest
1961 · Director

Léon Morin, Priest
1961 · Writer

Breathless
1960 · Parvulesco the Writer

Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · Moreau

Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · Director

Two Men in Manhattan
1959 · Writer

A Girl in a Pocket
1957 · Commissioner

Bob le Flambeur
1956 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Bob le Flambeur
1956 · Director

Bob le Flambeur
1956 · Producer

Bob le Flambeur
1956 · Writer
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