Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville

Directing

Born October 20, 1917 · Paris, France

15 films as director · Active 1946–2004

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, h…

Known for

Midi trente

Midi trente

1972

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956

Breathless

Breathless

1960

Orpheus

Orpheus

1950

Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

1966

Bluebeard

Bluebeard

1963

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

2022

Belmondo, le magnifique

Belmondo, le magnifique

2017

Directed(15)

Their First Films

2004Their First Films

Un Flic

1972Un Flic★ 6.6

Le Cercle Rouge

1970Le Cercle Rouge★ 7.6

Army of Shadows

1969Army of Shadows★ 7.9

Le Samouraï

1967Le Samouraï★ 7.8

Le Deuxième Souffle

1966Le Deuxième Souffle★ 7.7

Magnet of Doom

1963Magnet of Doom★ 6.3

Le Doulos

1962Le Doulos★ 7.4

Léon Morin, Priest

1961Léon Morin, Priest★ 7.1

Two Men in Manhattan

1959Two Men in Manhattan★ 6.3

Bob le Flambeur

1956Bob le Flambeur★ 7.3

When You Read This Letter

1953When You Read This Letter★ 5.9

The Strange Ones

1950The Strange Ones★ 6.6

The Silence of the Sea

1949The Silence of the Sea★ 7.5

24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

194624 Hours in the Life of a Clown★ 6.2

Acting(23)

2024Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïsSelf (archive footage)

2023Les Rois de la comédieSelf (archive footage)

2022Belmondo: The Incorrigible

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2020Melville, le dernier samouraï(archives)

2019Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableauSelf (archive footage)

2018Lino Ventura, la part intimeSelf (archive footage)

2017Belmondo, le magnifiqueSelf (archive footage)

2011Melville-Delon: Honor and NightSelf (archive footage)

2010Code Name: MelvilleSelf (archive footage)

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

1972Midi trenteSelf (archive footage)

1971Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 PosesHimself

1966Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième SouffleSelf - Interviewee

1963BluebeardClemenceau's Aide

1962Le Combat dans l'îleUn membre de l'organisation (uncredited)

1962Sign of the LionUn Consommateur (uncredited)

1960BreathlessParvulesco the Writer

1959Two Men in ManhattanMoreau

1957A Girl in a PocketCommissioner

1956Bob le FlambeurNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1956CinépanoramaSelf

1950OrpheusHotel Manager (uncredited)

194624 Hours in the Life of a ClownNarrator (uncredited)