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Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville, born Jean-Pierre Grumbach (October 20, 1917 – August 2, 1973), was a French filmmaker. While with the French Resistance during World War II, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Melville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 20, 1917 In Paris, France
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie Orpheus 1950-09-29
Latest Project:
Movie Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs 2024-02-14
Known For
Poster of Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses
Poster of Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle
Poster of Two Men in Manhattan
Poster of A Girl in a Pocket
Filmography
Movie Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs Self (archive footage) 2024-02-14
Movie Les rois de la comédie Self (archive footage) 2023-01-01
Movie Melville, le dernier samouraï (archives) 2020-03-29
Movie Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau Self (archive footage) 2019-05-07
Movie Lino Ventura, la part intime Self (archive footage) 2018-02-04
Movie Belmondo, le magnifique Self (archive footage) 2017-09-03
Movie Melville-Delon: Honor and Night Self (archive footage) 2011-01-31
Movie Code Name: Melville Self 2008-11-15
Movie Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante Self (archive footage) 1977-08-01
Movie Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses Himself 1971-07-16
Movie Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle Self - Interviewee 1966-07-30
Movie Bluebeard Clemenceau's Aide 1963-01-25
Movie Sign of the Lion Un Consommateur (uncredited) 1962-05-03
Movie Le Combat dans l’île Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited) 1962-08-16
Movie Breathless Parvulesco the Writer 1960-03-16
Movie Two Men in Manhattan Moreau 1959-10-16
Movie A Girl in a Pocket Le commissaire 1957-11-06
Series Cinépanorama 1956-02-04
Movie Bob le Flambeur Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1956-08-24
Movie Orpheus Hotel Manager (uncredited) 1950-09-29