Alain Resnais (1922–2014)


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Alain Resnais was born on June 3, 1922 in Vannes, Morbihan, France. He was a director and editor, known for Hiroshima mon amour (1959), On connaît la chanson (1997) and Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980). He was married to Sabine Azéma and Florence Malraux. He died on March 1, 2014 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. See full bio »

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 59 wins & 57 nominations. See more awards »

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(1959)
(1997)
(1980)
(2009)

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 2006 Coeurs
 1992 L'encyclopédie audio-visuelle (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
- Gershwin (1992)
 1991 Contre l'oubli (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")
 1986 Mélo
 1977 Providence
 1974 Stavisky...
 1973 L'an 01 (sequence director "Séquence de New York")
 1968 Cinétracts (Documentary) (uncredited)
 1967 Loin du Vietnam (Documentary) (segment "Claude Ridder")
 1958 Le chant du Styrène (Documentary short)
 1956 Toute la mémoire du monde (Documentary short)
 1956 Nuit et brouillard (Documentary short)
 1953 Les statues meurent aussi (Documentary short)
 1951 Guernica (Documentary short)
 1951 Pictura (Documentary) (segment "Goya")
 1949 Gauguin (Documentary short)
 1948 Châteaux de France (Documentary short)
 1948 Les jardins de Paris (Short)
 1948 Malfray (Documentary short)
 1948 Van Gogh (Documentary short)
 1947 Journée naturelle (Documentary short)
 1947 L'alcool tue (Short) (as Alzin Rezarail)
 1947 La bague (Short)
 1947 Le lait Nestlé (Documentary short)
 1947 Portrait d'Henri Goetz (Documentary short)
 1947 Visite à César Doméla (Documentary short)
 1947 Visite à Félix Labisse (Documentary short)
 1947 Visite à Hans Hartung (Documentary short)
 1947 Visite à Lucien Coutaud (Documentary short)
 1947 Visite à Oscar Dominguez (Documentary short)
 1946 Schéma d'une identification (Documentary short)
 1936 L'aventure de Guy (Short)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Volume of photos: "Réperages", 1973.

Publicity Listings:

9 Print Biographies | 3 Interviews | 10 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Alternate Names:

Alex Reval | Alzin Rezarail

Height:

6' 3¼" (1.91 m)

Spouse:

Sabine Azéma  (his death) | See more »
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Personal Quote:

[on film-watching] I turn the lights low and take no calls. I like Bob Hope; I find him mysterious. See more »

Trivia:

He directed 10 different actors in César-nominated performances: Nicole Garcia , Sabine Azéma (4 times), Pierre Arditi (2 times), André Dussollier (2 times), Micheline Presle, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Lambert Wilson, Darry Cowl and Isabelle Nanty. Azéma, Arditi (2 times), Dussollier, Bacri, Jaoui and Cowl won Césars for their performances in one of Resnais movies. See more »

Nickname:

The Sphinx

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