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Jean Renoir
Deceased

When Did Jean Renoir Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 84
Also known as장 르누아르, ジャン・ルノワールGenderMaleNationalityFranceBorn15/09/1894Born inParis, FranceDied12/02/1979 (aged 84)Died inBeverly HillsWikidataQ50713 ↗Buried atEssoyesTMDb#11528 ↗

Jean Renoir was a French filmmaker, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. In 2002, he was ranked fourth on the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of the greatest directors. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and the uncle of the cinematographer Claude Renoir.

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Filmography18 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2021The Emma Bovary TrialMovieSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)127
1994Un tournage à la campagneMovieSelf100
1993Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War IIMovieSelf (archive footage)99
1978Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinémaSeriesSelf (archive footage)84
1974The Little Theatre of Jean RenoirMovieThe Narrator/Host80
1971The Christian Licorice StoreMovieSelf77
1970LangloisMovieSelf76
1969Directing Actors by Jean RenoirMovieSelf75
1969D'un Céline l'autreMovieSelf75
1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteurMovieSelf - Interviewee73
1961Jean Renoir parle de son artMovieInterviewee67
1959DiscoramaSeriesSelf65
1956CinépanoramaSeriesSelf62
1956L'album de famille de Jean RenoirMovieSelf62
1946A Day in the CountryMoviePère Poulain52
1936Life Is OursMovieLe patron du bistrot42
1930The Pursuit of HappinessMovie—36
1927BackbitersMoviele sous-préfet33