René Clément Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

René Clément

René Clément

Directing

Biography

René Clément (March 18, 1913, Bordeaux – March 17, 1996, Monte Carlo, Monaco) was a French film director and screenwriter. Clément studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. In 1936, he directed his first film, a 20 minute short written and featuring Jacques Tati. Clément spent the latter part of the 1930s making documentaries in parts of the Middle East and Africa. In 1937, he and archaeologist Jules Barthou were in Yemen making preparations to film a documentary, the first ever of that country and one that includes the only known film image of Imam Yahya. Almost ten years passed before Clément directed a feature but his French Resistance film, La Bataille du rail (1945), gained much critical and commercial success. From there René Clément became one of his country's most successful and respected directors, garnering numerous awards including two films that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the first in 1950 for The Walls of Malapaga (Au-delà des grilles) and the second time two years later for Forbidden Games (Jeux interdits). Clément had international success with several films but his star-studded 1966 epic Is Paris Burning?, written by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Paul Graetz was a costly box office failure. Clément continued to make a few films until his retirement in 1975, including an international success with Rider On The Rain that starred Charles Bronson and Marlène Jobert. In 1984 the French motion picture industry honored his lifetime contribution to film with a special César Award. René Clément died in 1996 and was buried in the local cemetery in Menton on the French Riviera where he had spent his years in retirement. Description above from the Wikipedia article René Clément, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau movie poster
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Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

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Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
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Europe Express movie poster
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Europe Express

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Europe Express
Purple Noon movie poster
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Purple Noon

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Purple Noon
Clumsy Waiter (uncredited)
Filmmaking on the Riviera movie poster
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Filmmaking on the Riviera

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Filmmaking on the Riviera
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Citizen Jane Fonda movie poster
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Citizen Jane Fonda

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Citizen Jane Fonda
Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément movie poster
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Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément

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Les Grands Créateurs de Cinéma : René Clément
Self (archive footage)

Production

Purple Noon movie poster
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Purple Noon

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Purple Noon
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Purple Noon movie poster
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Purple Noon

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Purple Noon
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Is Paris Burning? movie poster
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Is Paris Burning?

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Is Paris Burning?
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The Glass Castle movie poster
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The Glass Castle

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The Glass Castle
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Forbidden Games movie poster
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Forbidden Games

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Forbidden Games
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Forbidden Games movie poster
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Forbidden Games

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Forbidden Games
Screenplay
Rider on the Rain movie poster
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Rider on the Rain

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Rider on the Rain
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Mr. Orchid movie poster
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Mr. Orchid

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Mr. Orchid
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Aude, belle inconnue movie poster
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Aude, belle inconnue

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Aude, belle inconnue
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Joy House movie poster
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Joy House

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Joy House
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Gallery

René Clément portrait
René Clément portrait
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