Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Grumbach, known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville, was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. His works include the crime dramas Bob le flambeur (1956), Le Doulos (1962), Le Samouraï (1967), and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), and the war films Le Silence de la mer (1949) and Army of Shadows (1969).
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🎬 Movies
The Good Thief
writer
2003
A Cop
writer
1972
A Cop
director
1972
Le Cercle Rouge
writer
1970
Le Cercle Rouge
director
1970
Army of Shadows
writer
1969
Army of Shadows
director
1969
Le Samouraï
director
1967
Le Samouraï
writer
1967
Le Deuxième Souffle
writer
1966
Le Deuxième Souffle
director
1966
Magnet of Doom
director
1963
Magnet of Doom
writer
1963
Bluebeard
actor
1963
Le Doulos
writer
1962
Le Doulos
director
1962
Léon Morin, Priest
writer
1961
Léon Morin, Priest
director
1961
Breathless
actor
1960
Bob le Flambeur
actor
1956
Bob le Flambeur
writer
1956
Bob le Flambeur
director
1956
The Silence of the Sea
writer
1949
The Silence of the Sea
director
1949
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
director
1946
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
writer
1946
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
actor
1946