Jean Grémillon
Directing
- Born
- March 4, 1898 · Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
- Died
- November 25, 1959 (age 61)
Jean Grémillon was a French film director.
After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, Grémillon had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928. Over the next quarter-century, he directed twenty more feature films, of which he is best known for five made between 1937 and 1944: Gueule d'amour (1937), L'Étrange M. Victor (1938), Remorques (1941), Lumière d'été (1943), and Le Ciel est à vous (1944), all but the first starring Madeleine Renaud.
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Grémillon rejected what he referred to as "mechanical naturalism" in favor of "the discovery of that subtlety which the human eye does not perceive directly but which must be shown by establishing the harmonies, the unknown relations, between objects and beings; it is a vivifying, inexhaustible source of images that strike our imaginations and enchant our hearts."
He died on November 25, 1959 in Paris, France.
Known for
Stormy Waters
November 27, 1941
Lady Killer
September 15, 1937
The Woman Who Dared
February 3, 1944
The Strange Monsieur Victor
May 4, 1938
Summer Light
March 26, 1943
Little Lise
December 4, 1930
The Lighthouse Keepers
September 25, 1929
Dainah the Mixed
August 19, 1932
The Love of a Woman
December 13, 1953
White Paws
April 13, 1949
Misdeal
September 14, 1928
Guard! Alert!
July 12, 1937
Behind the camera33
- 1958André Masson and the Four Elements Director, Screenplay
- 1956Haute-Lisse Original Music Composer, Director
- 1955The House of Images Director
- 1954In the Heart of the Ile de France Director
- 1953The Love of a Woman Director, Dialogue, Writer, Story
- 1952Alchemy Writer, Director
- 1952Astrology or the mirror of life Director
- 1951The Strange Madame X Director
- 1949The Charms of Life Director, Screenplay
- 1949