Jean-Pierre Melville

Directing

1949 — 1972 · 13 films

Lived

20 October 1917 — d. 1973

From

Paris, France

Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success.

Acting

1950 — 1963 · 7 films

Lived

20 October 1917 — d. 1973

From

Paris, France

Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success.