Jacques Rivette

14 wins & 20 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

La Belle Noiseuse Director

(1991)

The Gang of Four Director

(1989)

Va Savoir (Who Knows?) Director

(2001)

L'amour fou Director

(1969)

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Director (32 credits)

2009 Around a Small Mountain

2007 The Duchess of Langeais

2003 The Story of Marie and Julien

2001 Va Savoir (Who Knows?)

1998 Secret Defense

1995 Lumière and Company (Documentary) (segment "Jacques Rivette/Paris")

1995 Up, Down, Fragile

1994 Joan the Maid 1: The Battles

1994 Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons

1992 Divertimento

1991 La Belle Noiseuse

1989 The Gang of Four

1985 Wuthering Heights

1984 Love on the Ground

1981 Paris s'en va (Short)

1981 Merry-Go-Round

1981 Le Pont du Nord

1976 Noroît

1976 Duelle

1974 Essai sur l'agression (Short)

1974 Naissance et mont de Prométhée (Short)

1974 Celine and Julie Go Boating

1972 Out 1: Spectre

1971 Out 1

1969 L'amour fou

1966-1967 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV Series documentary) (4 episodes)

- Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967)

- Jean Renoir le patron, troisième épisode: La règle et l'exception (1967)

- Jean Renoir le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (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 (Short)

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Writer (26 credits)

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 Defense (scenario)

1995 Up, Down, Fragile (scenario)

1994 Joan the Maid 1: The Battles

1992 Divertimento

1991 La Belle Noiseuse (scenario)

1989 The Gang of Four (scenario)

1985 Wuthering Heights (scenario)

1984 Love on the Ground (scenario)

1981 Paris s'en va (Short) (scenario)

1981 Merry-Go-Round (scenario)

1981 Le Pont du Nord (scenario)

1976 Noroît (scenario)

1976 Duelle (scenario)

1974 Naissance et mont de Prométhée (Short)

1974 Celine and Julie Go Boating (scenario - as Rivette)

1972 Out 1: Spectre

1971 Out 1 (scenario - uncredited)

1969 L'amour fou (screenplay)

1966 The Nun

1961 Paris Belongs to Us (scenario and dialogue)

1961 Jean Renoir Parle de Son Art (TV Mini-Series documentary) (3 episodes)

- Le retour au naturel (1961)

- Les progress de la technique (1961)

- Le cinéma et la parole (1961)

1956 Le coup du berger (Short) (scenario and dialogue)

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Actor (6 credits)

1995 Up, Down, Fragile
M. Pierre (uncredited)

1994 Joan the Maid 1: The Battles
Le prêtre (uncredited)

1979 Short Memory
Marcel Jaucourt (Premier Flashback)

1961 Paris Belongs to Us
Romanian man at the party (uncredited)

1956 Le coup du berger (Short)
Narrator (voice, uncredited)

1950 The Glass Castle
Un passant (uncredited)

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Cinematographer (3 credits)

1956 La sonate à Kreutzer

1955 Une visite (Short)

1954 Bérénice (Short)

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Producer (1 credit)

1967 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV Series documentary) (producer - 3 episodes)

- Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967) ... (producer)

- 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)

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Thanks (1 credit)

1977 Toute révolution est un coup de dés (Short) (dedicatee)

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Self (10 credits)

2012 Cinéphiles de notre temps (TV Series documentary)
Himself

2007 Hitchcock et la nouvelle vague (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1995 Lumière and Company (Documentary)
Himself (segment "Sarah Moon (I)")

1994 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series documentary)
Director

- Jacques Rivette - Le veilleur (1994) ... Director

1994 Bouillon de culture (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Sandrine Bonnaire (1994) ... Himself

1974-1976 Pour le cinéma (TV Series)
Himself

- Episode dated 20 September 1976 (1976) ... Himself

- Episode dated 15 May 1974 (1974) ... Himself

1964-1970 Cinéastes de notre temps (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Rome Is Burning (Portrait of Shirley Clarke) - Rome brûle (1970) ... Himself

- Jean Renoir le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967) ... 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

- Portrait de Michel Simon par Jean Renoir ou Portrait de Jean Renoir par Michel Simon ou La direction d'acteurs: dialogue (1966) ... Himself

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1967 Pour le plaisir (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 (1967) ... Himself

1963 Le joli mai (Documentary)
Himself (uncredited)

1961 Jean Renoir Parle de Son Art (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself / interviewer

- Le retour au naturel (1961) ... Himself / interviewer

- Les progress de la technique (1961) ... Himself / interviewer

- Le cinéma et la parole (1961) ... Himself / interviewer

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Archive footage (7 credits)

2018 Cannes 1968, révolution au palais (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2016 Vadim Mister Cool (TV Movie)
Himself

2015 Les Mystères de Paris: 'Out 1' de Jacques Rivette revisité (Documentary)
Himself

2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

2010 Two in the Wave (Documentary)
Himself

2007 Personnel et confidentiel (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (2007) ... Himself

2004 Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (Documentary)
Himself

Personal Details

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1 Biographical Movie | 5 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

J. Rivette | Rivette

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on All About Eve (1950)] I still think that Eve is a failed Broadway piece and that it's not for nothing that he [Joseph L. Mankiewicz] left after the first scene of [Jean] Cocteau's Monstres sacrés (which by the way is not a good Cocteau film) because as I see it, the first scene is so powerful that one cannot write the ending or, if one does, one is doomed to churn out a scenario à la ... See more »

Trivia:

His main sources of inspiration for L'amour fou (1969) were Les idoles (1968) (which starred the same actress, Bulle Ogier) and Pirandello's play 'To Find Oneself', of which he had attended a stage performance with Delphine Seyrig. See more »