A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Рене Клеман
르네 클레망
Birthplace:
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Born:
March 18, 1913
Died:
March 17, 1996
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.
Adaptation:
1971 The Deadly Trap
Director:
1931 Caesar among the Gauls
1936 Watch Your Left
1937 Aude, belle inconnue
1937 L'Arabie interdite
1946 Mr. Orchid
1946 The Battle of the Rails
1947 The Damned
1949 The Walls of Malapaga
1950 The Glass Castle
1952 Forbidden Games
1954 Monsieur Ripois
1956 Gervaise
1957 This Angry Age
1960 Purple Noon
1961 The Joy of Living
1963 The Day and the Hour
1964 Joy House
1966 Is Paris Burning?
1970 Rider on the Rain
1971 The Deadly Trap
1972 And Hope to Die
1975 The Baby Sitter
First Assistant Director:
1931 Caesar among the Gauls
1936 Watch Your Left
1937 Aude, belle inconnue
1937 L'Arabie interdite
1946 Beauty and the Beast
1946 Mr. Orchid
1946 The Battle of the Rails
1947 The Damned
1949 The Walls of Malapaga
1950 The Glass Castle
1952 Forbidden Games
1954 Monsieur Ripois
1956 Gervaise
1957 This Angry Age
1960 Purple Noon
1961 The Joy of Living
1963 The Day and the Hour
1964 Joy House
1966 Is Paris Burning?
1970 Rider on the Rain
1971 The Deadly Trap
1972 And Hope to Die
1975 The Baby Sitter
Screenplay:
1931 Caesar among the Gauls
1936 Watch Your Left
1937 Aude, belle inconnue
1937 L'Arabie interdite
1946 Beauty and the Beast
1946 Mr. Orchid
1946 The Battle of the Rails
1947 The Damned
1949 The Walls of Malapaga
1950 The Glass Castle
1952 Forbidden Games
1954 Monsieur Ripois
1956 Gervaise
1957 This Angry Age
1960 Purple Noon
1961 The Joy of Living
1963 The Day and the Hour
1964 Joy House
1966 Is Paris Burning?
1970 Rider on the Rain
1971 The Deadly Trap
1972 And Hope to Die
1975 The Baby Sitter
Writer:
1931 Caesar among the Gauls
1936 Watch Your Left
1937 Aude, belle inconnue
1937 L'Arabie interdite
1946 Beauty and the Beast
1946 Mr. Orchid
1946 The Battle of the Rails
1947 The Damned
1949 The Walls of Malapaga
1950 The Glass Castle
1952 Forbidden Games
1954 Monsieur Ripois
1956 Gervaise
1957 This Angry Age
1960 Purple Noon
1961 The Joy of Living
1963 The Day and the Hour
1964 Joy House
1966 Is Paris Burning?
1970 Rider on the Rain
1971 The Deadly Trap
1972 And Hope to Die
1975 The Baby Sitter
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