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Jacques Rivette

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Although François Truffaut has written that the New Wave began "thanks to Rivette," the films of this masterful French director are not well known. Rivette, like his "Cahiers du Cinéma" colleagues Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer, did graduate to filmmaking but, like Rohmer... See full bio »

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Pierre Louis Rivette
in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
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2009 Around a Small Mountain
 
2007 The Duchess of Langeais
 
2003 The Story of Marie and Julien
 
2001 Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
 
1998 Secret défense
 
1995 Lumière and Company (documentary) (segment "Jacques Rivette/Paris")
 
1995 Up, Down, Fragile
 
1994 Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons
 
1994 Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles
 
1992 Divertimento
 
1991 La belle noiseuse
 
1989 The Gang of Four
 
1985 Wuthering Heights
 
1984 Love on the Ground
 
1981 Merry-Go-Round
 
1981 Le pont du Nord
 
1981 Paris s'en va (short)
 
1976 Duelle (une quarantaine)
 
1976 Noroît
 
1974 Celine and Julie Go Boating
 
1974 Out 1: Spectre
 
1974 Naissance et mont de Prométhée (short)
 
1974 Essai sur l'agression
 
1971 Out 1, noli me tangere
 
1969 L'amour fou
 
1966-1967 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
– Jean Renoir le patron, troisième épisode: La règle et l'exception (1967)
– Jean Renoir le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (1967)
– Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967)
– Portrait de Michel Simon par Jean Renoir ou Portrait de Jean Renoir par Michel Simon ou La direction d'acteurs: dialogue (1966)
 
1966 The Nun
 
1961 Paris Belongs to Us
 
1956 Le coup du berger (short)
 
1952 Le divertissement
 
1950 Le quadrille (short)
 
1949 Aux quatre coins
 
Show ShowWriter (24 titles)
2009 Around a Small Mountain (scenario)
 
2007 The Duchess of Langeais
 
2003 The Story of Marie and Julien (scenario)
 
2001 Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (scenario)
 
1998 Secret défense (scenario)
 
1995 Up, Down, Fragile (scenario)
 
1994 Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles
 
1992 Divertimento
 
1991 La belle noiseuse (scenario)
 
1989 The Gang of Four (scenario)
 
1985 Wuthering Heights (scenario)
 
1984 Love on the Ground (scenario)
 
1981 Merry-Go-Round (scenario)
 
1981 Le pont du Nord (scenario)
 
1981 Paris s'en va (short) (scenario)
 
1976 Noroît (dialogue)
 
1974 Celine and Julie Go Boating
 
1974 Out 1: Spectre
 
1974 Naissance et mont de Prométhée (short)
 
1971 Out 1, noli me tangere (scenario - uncredited)
 
1969 L'amour fou (dialogue)
 
1966 The Nun
 
1961 Paris Belongs to Us (scenario and dialogue)
 
1956 Le coup du berger (short) (scenario and dialogue)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
1995 Up, Down, Fragile
M. Pierre (uncredited)
 
1994 Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles
Le prêtre (uncredited)
 
1979 La mémoire courte
Marcel Jaucourt (Premier Flashback)
 
1961 Paris Belongs to Us
Man at Party (uncredited)
 
1956 Le coup du berger (short)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1950 The Glass Castle
Un passant (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1967 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary) (producer - 3 episodes)
– Jean Renoir le patron, troisième épisode: La règle et l'exception (1967) (producer)
– Jean Renoir le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (1967) (producer - as J. Rivette)
– Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967) (producer)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (2 titles)
1955 Une visite (short)
 
1954 Bérénice (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
2007 Hitchcock et la nouvelle vague (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Lumière and Company (documentary)
Himself (segment "Sarah Moon (I)")
 
1990 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Director
– Jacques Rivette - Le veilleur (1990) … Director
 
1964-1970 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Rome brûle - Portrait de Shirley Clarke (1970) … Himself
– Jean Renoir le patron, troisième épisode: La règle et l'exception (1967) … Himself
– Jean Renoir le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (1967) … Himself
– Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967) … Himself
– La nouvelle vague par elle-même (1964) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Two in the Wave (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (documentary)
 

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Around a Small Mountain -- A tale of lost love, chance encounters and the transformative power of art. Va Savoir (Who Knows?) -- Quick-witted, well-read cultured types revolve around each other in a delightful potpourri of theatre, romanticism and theft. The Duchess of Langeais -- English subtitles
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[on James Cameron] Cameron isn't evil, he's not an asshole like Spielberg. He wants to be the new De Mille. Unfortunately, he can't direct his way out of a paper bag. See more »

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