Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoirwas a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films La Grande Illusionand The Rules of the Gameare often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. He was ranked by the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of critics in 2002 as the fourth greatest director of all time. Among numerous honors accrued...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth15 September 1894
CountryFrance
Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.
A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.
Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?
All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and this reproduction bores me. What interests me is the interpretation of life by an artist. The personality of the film maker interests me more than the copy of an object.
The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.
There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.
Everyone has his reasons.