Directed credits
11
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Directing
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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 0All crew credits: 19
TMDB ID: 3831
IMDb ID: nm0578483
Known for: Directing
Born: October 20, 1917
Died: August 2, 1973
Age: 55
Place of birth: Paris, France
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1946 - 2024
Years active: 79
Average TMDB rating: 6.96
Wikidata: Q168693
Also known as
Jean-Pierre Grumbach • 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔 • 장피에르 멜빌 • 장-피에르 멜빌 • 장 피에르 멜빌
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Biography
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. His works include the crime dramas Bob le flambeur (1956), Le Doulos (1962), Le Samouraï (1967), and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), and the war films Le Silence de la mer (1949) and Army of Shadows (1969). Melville's subject matter and approach to filmmaking was heavily influenced by his service in the French Resistance during World War II, during which he adopted the pseudonym 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over. His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them in the crime dramas, have been highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. Roger Ebert appraised him as "one of the greatest directors." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Melville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Their First Films
Director
2004 Movie
6.6
A Cop
Director
1972 Movie
7.9
Army of Shadows
Director
1969 Movie
6.3
Magnet of Doom
Director
1963 Movie
7.4
Le Doulos
Director
1962 Movie
7.1
Léon Morin, Priest
Director
1961 Movie
6.3
Two Men in Manhattan
Director
1959 Movie
5.7
When You Read This Letter
Director
1953 Movie
6.6
The Strange Ones
Director
1950 Movie
7.5
Le Silence de la mer
Director
1949 Movie
6.0
24 Hours in the Life of a Clown
Director
1946 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Jean-Pierre Melville.
7.9
Army of Shadows
Director
1969 Movie
7.8
Le Samouraï
Screenplay
1967 Movie
7.7
Orpheus
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1950 Movie
7.7
Le Deuxième Souffle
Writer
1966 Movie
7.6
Le Cercle Rouge
Editor
1970 Movie
7.5
Breathless
as Parvulesco the Writer
1960 Movie
7.5
Le Silence de la mer
Director
1949 Movie
7.4
Le Doulos
Director
1962 Movie
7.3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Thanks
1999 Movie
7.3
Bob le Flambeur
Producer
1956 Movie
7.1
Léon Morin, Priest
Director
1961 Movie
6.6
The Strange Ones
Director
1950 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Jean-Pierre Melville.
7.8
Le Samouraï
Screenplay
1967 Movie
7.5
Breathless
as Parvulesco the Writer
1960 Movie
7.3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Thanks
1999 Movie
7.7
Orpheus
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1950 Movie
6.3
Bluebeard
as Clemenceau's Aide
1963 Movie
5.5
Thlípsi
Thanks
2018 Movie
7.1
Léon Morin, Priest
Director
1961 Movie
7.9
Army of Shadows
Director
1969 Movie
7.6
Le Cercle Rouge
Editor
1970 Movie
6.6
A Cop
Director
1972 Movie
6.1
The Good Thief
Original Film Writer
2003 Movie
7.3
Bob le Flambeur
Producer
1956 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Jean-Pierre Melville.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Jean-Pierre Melville.
5.2
Short Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville
Original Film Writer
2021 Movie
5.5
Thlípsi
Thanks
2018 Movie
6.1
The Good Thief
Original Film Writer
2003 Movie
7.3
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Thanks
1999 Movie
7.6
Le Cercle Rouge
Editor
1970 Movie
7.8
Le Samouraï
Screenplay
1967 Movie
7.7
Le Deuxième Souffle
Writer
1966 Movie
7.3
Bob le Flambeur
Producer
1956 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Jean-Pierre Melville.
7.0
Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.3
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
8.2
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022 Movie
7.4
Melville, le dernier samouraï
as (archives)
2020 Movie
7.0
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
7.9
Lino Ventura, la part intime
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
7.7
Belmondo, le magnifique
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
Melville-Delon: Honor and Night
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Movie
6.7
Code Name: Melville
as Self (archive footage)
2010 Movie
5.5
Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
as Self (archive footage)
1977 Movie
6.3
Bluebeard
as Clemenceau's Aide
1963 Movie
6.7
Le Combat dans l’île
as Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited)
1962 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Jean-Pierre Melville.