Robert Bresson (I) (1901–1999)

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Robert Bresson trained as a painter before moving into films as a screenwriter, making a short film (atypically a comedy), Affaires publiques (1934) in 1934. After spending more than a year as a German POW during World War II, he made his debut with Les anges du péché (1943) in 1943. His next film, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945)... See full bio »

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(age 98) in Paris, France

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Known For

Diary of a Country Priest
Diary of a Country Priest Writer
(1951)
Au Hasard Balthazar
Au Hasard Balthazar Writer
(1966)
Mouchette
Mouchette Writer
(1967)
A Man Escaped
A Man Escaped Writer
(1956)
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 1983 L'Argent (writer)
 1969 Une femme douce (adaptation - uncredited)
 1967 Mouchette (scenario & adaptation and dialogue)
 1959 Pickpocket (writer)
 1956 A Man Escaped (dialogue) / (scenario)
 1951 Diary of a Country Priest (scenario - adaptation)
 1945 Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (scenario & adaptation)
 1943 Les anges du péché (scenario)
 1937 Courrier Sud (shooting script - as R. Bresson)
 1936 Les jumeaux de Brighton (adaptation)
 1934 Affaires publiques (Short) (dialogue) / (scenario)
 1933 C'était un musicien (dialogue)
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Other Works:

Author of the book "Notes sur le cinématographe" (Editions Gallimard, Paris).

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 18 Print Biographies | 3 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

R. Bresson

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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I think that in other films' actors speak as if they were on stage. As a result, the audience is used to theatrical inflections. That makes my non-actors appear unique, and thus, they seem to be speaking in a single new way. I want the essence of my films to be not the words my people say or even the gestures they perform, but what these words and gestures provoke in them. What I tell them to do ... See more »

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According to Andrei Tarkovsky, Bresson is "perhaps the only artist in cinema, who achieved the perfect fusion of the finished work with a concept theoretically formulated beforehand". See more »

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Minimalist filmmaking See more »

Star Sign:

Libra
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