Jacques Rivette
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
21
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-03-01
Day of death
2016-01-29 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Jacques Rivette
Biography
Jacques Rivette (March 1, 1928 - January 29, 2016) was a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette was one of the more experimental of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) directors. In common with many of his peers, he had a background in film criticism, where he expressed his admiration for popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich, Howard Hawks and Frank Tashlin. Rivette's films progress in unconventional ways—often following multiple plots that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation—and are often extremely long.
Known For
Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
Lumière & Company
Paris Belongs to Us
Merry-Go-Round
The Lovely Month of May
Reflets de Cannes
The Glass Castle
Jacques Rivette, the Watchman
Up, Down, Fragile
Fool’s Mate
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception
Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited
Jean Renoir parle de son art
Festivals 66 Cinéma 67
Short Memory
Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif
Die Geheimnisse von Paris
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette
