Person
Jacques Rivette
Directing · 1928–2016 · Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
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
Reflets de Cannes
Self
Pour le plaisir
Self
Out 1
Director
La Belle Noiseuse
Screenplay
Bérénice
Editor
Céline and Julie Go Boating
Director
Lumière & Company
Self
Noroît (Une Vengeance)
Director
Va savoir+
Director
Wuthering Heights
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2024Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou RevisitedSelf
- 2017Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques RivetteSelf
- 2012Die Geheimnisse von ParisHimself
- 2009Around a Small MountainDirector
- 2007The Duchess of LangeaisDirector
- 2004Their First FilmsDirector
- 2003The Story of Marie and JulienDirector
- 2001Va savoir+Director
- 2001Va Savoir (Who Knows?)Scenario Writer
- 2000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmasSelf
- 1998Secret DefenseDirector
- 1995Lumière & CompanySelf
- 1995Up, Down, FragileMan at Crepe/Hot Dog Stand
- 1994Joan the Maid II: The PrisonsDirector
- 1994Joan the Maid I: The BattlesPriest (uncredited)
- 1992La Belle Noiseuse: DivertimentoWriter
- 1991La Belle NoiseuseScreenplay
- 1990Out 1Writer
- 1990Jacques Rivette, the WatchmanSelf - Director
- 1989Gang of FourScenario Writer
- 1985Wuthering HeightsScreenplay
- 1984Love on the GroundDirector
- 1982Le Pont du NordScenario Writer
- 1982Short MemoryMarcel Jaucourt
- 1981Merry-Go-RoundMan entering car (cameo)
- 1981Paris s'en vaDirector
- 1976Noroît (Une Vengeance)Director
- 1976Duelle (Une Quarantaine)Director
- 1974Céline and Julie Go BoatingDirector
- 1973Out 1: SpectreDirector
- 1971Out 1Director
- 1970Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley ClarkeJacques Rivette
- 1969L'Amour fouDirector
- 1967The NunWriter
- 1967Festivals 66 Cinéma 67Self
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exceptionSelf - Interviewer
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteurSelf - Interviewer
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatifSelf - Interviewer
- 1964Pour le plaisirSelf
- 1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-mêmeSelf
- 1963The Lovely Month of MaySelf (uncredited)
- 1961Paris Belongs to UsA man at the party (uncredited)
- 1961Jean Renoir parle de son artInterviewer
- 1956Fool’s MateNarrator (uncredited)
- 1956The Kreutzer SonataDirector of Photography
- 1954Reflets de CannesSelf
- 1954BéréniceEditor
- 1952The DiversionDirector
- 1950The Glass CastleUn voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)
- 1950Le quadrilleDirector
- 1949Aux quatre coinsDirector of Photography
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