Jean-Pierre Melville
Directing · Director · Screenplay · Editor
Born Oct 20, 1917 · Paris, France
Active 1946–1973 · Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker.
Filmography
Breathless (1960) — Parvulesco the WriterLe Samouraï (1967) — Director · ScreenplayArmy of Shadows (1969) — Screenplay · DirectorLe Cercle Rouge (1970) — Director · Editor · WriterOrpheus (1950) — Hotel Manager (uncredited)Le Doulos (1962) — Director · ScreenplayBob le Flambeur (1956) — Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Director · Producer · WriterLe Deuxième Souffle (1966) — Writer · DirectorUn Flic (1972) — Writer · DirectorThe Silence of the Sea (1949) — Adaptation · Director · Screenplay · Executive Producer · EditorLéon Morin, Priest (1961) — Director · WriterThe Strange Ones (1950) — Director · Writer · Producer · Production DesignThe Good Thief (2003) — Original Film WriterSign of the Lion (1962) — Un Consommateur (uncredited)Two Men in Manhattan (1959) — Moreau · Director · WriterBluebeard (1963) — Clemenceau's AideMagnet of Doom (1963) — Dialogue · Screenplay · DirectorLe Combat dans l'île (1962) — Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)24 Hours in the Life of a Clown (1946) — Narrator (uncredited) · Director · Producer · ScreenplayBelmondo: The Incorrigible (2022)When You Read This Letter (1953) — Director · ProducerMelville, le dernier samouraï (2020) — (archives)A Girl in a Pocket (1957) — CommissionerShort Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville (2021) — Original Film Writer