Jean-Pierre Melville

Born on October 20, 1917· Paris, France

† Died on August 2, 1973

15Filmography★ 7Average rating

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),… Read more

Known for

Le Samouraï1967Army of Shadows1969Le Cercle Rouge1970Le Doulos1962

Filmography

YearRating

Features 14

Their First Films2004

★ 6.6

Un Flic1972

★ 7.6

Le Cercle Rouge1970

★ 7.9

Army of Shadows1969

★ 7.8

Le Samouraï1967

★ 7.7

Le Deuxième Souffle1966

★ 6.3

Magnet of Doom1963

★ 7.4

Le Doulos1962

★ 7.1

Léon Morin, Priest1961

★ 6.4

Two Men in Manhattan1959

★ 7.3

Bob le Flambeur1956

★ 5.9

When You Read This Letter1953

★ 6.6

The Strange Ones1950

★ 7.5

The Silence of the Sea1949

Short films 1

★ 6.2

24 Hours in the Life of a Clown1946