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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-03-01 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Jacques Rivette

Biography:

Jacques Rivette (March 1, 1928 - January 29, 2016) was a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette was one of the more experimental of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) directors. In common with many of his peers, he had a background in film criticism, where he expressed his admiration for popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich, Howard Hawks and Frank Tashlin. Rivette's films progress in unconventional ways—often following multiple plots that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation—and are often extremely long.

Known For

Acting

2024

2017

2016

2000

1995

Up, Down, Fragile as Man at Crepe/Hot Dog Stand

1990

1982

Short Memory as Marcel Jaucourt

1981

Merry-Go-Round as Man entering car (cameo)

1970

1967

1964

1963

The Lovely Month of May as Self (uncredited)

1961

Paris Belongs to Us as A man at the party (uncredited)

1956

Fool’s Mate as Narrator (uncredited)

1954

1950

The Glass Castle as Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)

Directing

2009

2007

2004

Their First Films as Director

2001

1998

Secret Defense as Director

1995

Up, Down, Fragile as Director
Lumière & Company as Director

1991

La Belle Noiseuse as Director

1990

Out 1 as Director

1989

Gang of Four as Director

1985

Wuthering Heights as Director

1984

Love on the Ground as Director

1982

Le Pont du Nord as Director

1981

Merry-Go-Round as Director
Paris s'en va as Director

1976

Duelle as Director
Noroît as Director

1973

Out 1: Spectre as Director

1971

Out 1 as Director

1969

L'Amour fou as Director

1966

The Nun as Director

1961

1956

Fool’s Mate as Director

1952

The Diversion as Director

1950

The Quadrille as Director

1949

Aux quatre coins as Director

Writing

2025

Film Study 01 as Original Story

2001

Va Savoir (Who Knows?) as Scenario Writer

1998

Secret Defense as Scenario Writer
Secret Defense as Writer

1995

1991

La Belle Noiseuse as Screenplay

1990

Out 1 as Writer

1989

Gang of Four as Scenario Writer
Gang of Four as Writer

1985

Wuthering Heights as Screenplay

1984

1982

Le Pont du Nord as Scenario Writer
Le Pont du Nord as Writer

1981

Paris s'en va as Writer
Merry-Go-Round as Writer

1976

Noroît as Writer
Noroît as Dialogue
Duelle as Writer

1973

Out 1: Spectre as Writer

1971

Out 1 as Writer

1969

L'Amour fou as Dialogue

1966

The Nun as Writer

1961

1956

Fool’s Mate as Writer

1949

Production

Camera

1956

The Kreutzer Sonata as Director of Photography

1954

Bérénice as Director of Photography

1949

Aux quatre coins as Director of Photography

Art

1990

Out 1 as Set Designer

Editing

1954

Bérénice as Editor

Creator

1971

Out 1 as Creator