Jean-Pierre Melville
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 French Resistance during World War II, during which he adopted the pseudonym 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over.
His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them in the crime dramas, have been highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. Roger Ebert appraised him as "one of the greatest directors."
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Acting
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Breathless
as Parvulesco the Writer
1960
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Bob le Flambeur
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1956
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Orpheus
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1950
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Two Men in Manhattan
as Moreau
1959
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Bluebeard
as Clemenceau's Aide
1963
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Sign of the Lion
as Un Consommateur (uncredited)
1962
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Le Combat dans l'île
as Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
1962
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24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
as Narrator (uncredited)
1946
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Belmondo, le magnifique
as Self (archive footage)
2017
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Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
2018
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Code Name: Melville
as Self (archive footage)
2010
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Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses
as Himself
1971
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A Girl in a Pocket
as Commissioner
1957
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Melville, le dernier samouraï
as (archives)
2020
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Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
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Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
2023
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Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self (archive footage)
1977
TV
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
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Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
2019
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Delon-Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
as Self (archive footage)
2024
TV
Midi trente
as Self (archive footage)
1972
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Melville-Delon: Honor and Night
as Self (archive footage)
2011
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Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
as Self - Interviewee
1966
Crew
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Thanks
1999
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Le Samouraï
Director
1967
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Army of Shadows
Screenplay
1969
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Le Cercle Rouge
Director
1970
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Le Doulos
Director
1962
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Bob le Flambeur
Director
1956
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A Cop
Writer
1972
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Le Deuxième Souffle
Writer
1966
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Léon Morin, Priest
Director
1961
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The Silence of the Sea
Adaptation
1949
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The Good Thief
Original Film Writer
2003
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The Strange Ones
Director
1950