Highest rated as cast or director
Jean Renoir's 7 titles from the 1930s have a median Balasaur Score of 80, led by The Rules of the Game (86) and Grand Illusion (84), against 75 for those from the 1940s.
Biography
Jean Renoir (15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. As an author, he wrote the definitive biography of his father, the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Renoir, My Father (1962). In the 1930s, Renoir was associated with the Popular Front, and several of his films reflect the movement's left-wing politics and deal with social issues as well as class disparities. He was perhaps the most significant director of the poetic realism movement. The satirical comedy-drama film The Rules of the Game (1939) is often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made; it is the only film to earn a place among the top ten films in the respected British Film Institute's Sight & Sound decennial critics' poll for every decade from the poll's inception in 1952 through the 2012 list. Other important works are Grand Illusion (1937), A Day in the Country (1946) and The River (1951). Andrew Sarris in his influential book of film criticism The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968 included him in the "pantheon" of the 14 greatest film directors who had worked in the United States.
Directed 41
1970s
- 1974
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
Director
1960s
- 1962
The Elusive Corporal
Director
- 1960
Experiment in Evil
Director
1950s
- 1959
Picnic on the Grass
Director
- 1956
Elena and Her Men
Director
- 1955
French Cancan
Director
- 1952
The Golden Coach
Director
- 1951
- 1950
The Ways of Love
Director
1940s
- 1947
The Woman on the Beach
Director
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
A Salute to France
Director
- 1943
This Land Is Mine
Director
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Co-Director
- 1941
Swamp Water
Director
Tosca
Co-Director
1930s
- 1939
- 1938
La Bête Humaine
Director
La Marseillaise
Director
- 1937
- 1936
The Lower Depths
Director
Life Is Ours
Director
- 1935
- 1934
- 1933
Chotard and Co.
Director
- 1932
- 1931
Baby's Laxative
Director
1920s
- 1929
Le Bled
Director
- 1928
The Tournament
Director
The Sad Sack
Director
The Little Match Girl
Director
- 1927
Backbiters
Director
Marquitta
Director
Charleston Parade
Director
- 1926
Nana
Director
- 1925
Whirlpool of Fate
Director
Wrote 37
1970s
- 1978
Renoir, My Father
Book
- 1977
- 1974
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
Writer
- 1973
Carola
Writer
1960s
- 1962
The Elusive Corporal
Writer
- 1960
Experiment in Evil
Screenplay
1950s
- 1959
Picnic on the Grass
Screenplay
- 1956
Elena and Her Men
Writer
- 1955
French Cancan
Adaptation, Writer
- 1952
The Golden Coach
Screenplay
- 1951
1940s
- 1947
The Woman on the Beach
Screenplay
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
A Salute to France
Screenplay
- 1943
This Land Is Mine
Screenplay
- 1940
Cristobal's Gold
Dialogue
1930s
- 1939
- 1938
La Bête Humaine
Screenplay
La Marseillaise
Writer
- 1937
- 1936
The Lower Depths
Writer
Life Is Ours
Writer
- 1935
- 1934
- 1933
Chotard and Co.
Writer
- 1932
- 1931
Baby's Laxative
Writer
- 1930
Little Red Riding Hood
Writer
1920s
- 1928
The Tournament
Adaptation
The Sad Sack
Writer
The Little Match Girl
Writer
- 1927
Backbiters
Screenplay
Marquitta
Adaptation
Acted in 13
1970s
- 1974
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
The Narrator/Host
1960s
- 1969
Postface: La Petite Marchande d'allumettes
Jean Renoir
- 1961
Jean Renoir parle de son art
Interviewee
1940s
- 1946
1930s
- 1939
- 1938
La Bête Humaine
Cabuche
- 1936
Life Is Ours
Le patron du bistrot
- 1931
Mam'zelle Nitouche
Master sergeant (uncredited)
- 1930
The Pursuit of Happiness
Movie
Little Red Riding Hood
Compère le Loup
1920s
- 1927
Backbiters
le sous-préfet
La P’tite Lili
Man with Bowler Hat
Charleston Parade
Angel
Produced 10
1960s
- 1960
Experiment in Evil
Producer
1950s
- 1951
1940s
- 1943
This Land Is Mine
Producer
1930s
- 1939
- 1938
La Marseillaise
Producer
- 1930
Little Red Riding Hood
Producer
1920s
- 1928
The Little Match Girl
Producer
- 1927
Backbiters
Producer
- 1926
Nana
Producer
- 1925
Whirlpool of Fate
Producer
Art department 1
1920s
- 1925
Whirlpool of Fate
Set Decoration
Edited 1
1920s
- 1927
Backbiters
Editor
Appearances20
2020s
- 2021
The Emma Bovary Trial
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Le Parti du cinéma
Self (voice) (archive footage)
2010s
- 2017
Quand Jean devint Renoir
Self (archive footage)
- 2014
François Truffaut l'insoumis
Self (archive footage)
- 2012
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim
Self
1990s
- 1994
Un tournage à la campagne
Self
- 1993
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1971
The Christian Licorice Store
Self
- 1970
Langlois
Self
1960s
- 1969
Directing Actors by Jean Renoir
Self
D'un Céline l'autre
Self
- 1968
Louis Lumière
Self
- 1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception
Self
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur
Self - Interviewee
Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif
Self
1950s
- 1959
- 1956
L'album de famille de Jean Renoir
Self
1930s
- 1937
1910s
- 1915
Those of Our Land
Self