Jean Renoir

director • writer • actor

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...

Born: September 15, 1894 in Paris, France

Died: February 12, 1979 (age 84)

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Known For

7.6

A Day in the Country

Movies & TV Credits

81 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Le Parti du cinéma Movie	6.7	Actor	Self (voice) (archive footage)	2021
Le procès d'Emma Bovary Movie	6.7	Actor	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	2021
Quand Jean devint Renoir Movie	6.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2017
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Movie	7.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2015
Truffaut Insurrected Movie	7.0	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2014
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim Movie	7.3	Actor	Self	2012
Un tournage à la campagne Movie	7.3	Actor	Self	1994
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II Movie	7.1	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1993
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma TV Show	8.5	Actor	Self (archive footage)(3 Episodes)	1978
Renoir, My Father Movie	—	Writing	Book	1978
BBC2 Play of the Week TV Show	7.6	Writing	Book(1 Episode)	1977
Carola Movie	6.7	Writing	Writer	1973
The Christian Licorice Store Movie	4.9	Actor	Self	1971
Langlois Movie	6.8	Actor	Self	1970
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir Movie	6.8	Directing	Director	1970
Postface: La Petite Marchande d'allumettes Movie	—	Actor	Jean Renoir	1969
D'un Céline l'autre Movie	—	Actor	Self	1969
Directing Actors by Jean Renoir Short Film	6.8	Actor	Self	1969
Louis Lumière Movie	7.3	Actor	Self	1968
Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur Movie	7.4	Actor	Self - Interviewee	1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception Movie	7.4	Actor	Self	1967
Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif Movie	7.9	Actor	Self	1967
The Elusive Corporal Movie	6.8	Directing	Director	1962
Jean Renoir parle de son art Limited Series	5.7	Actor	Interviewee	1961
Picnic on the Grass Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1959
Experiment in Evil Movie	6.6	Writing	Screenplay	1959
Discorama TV Show	7.6	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1957
Cinépanorama TV Show	7.5	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1956
L'album de famille de Jean Renoir Short Film	—	Actor	Himself	1956
Elena and Her Men Movie	6.3	Directing	Director	1956
French Cancan Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	1955
The Golden Coach Movie	7.2	Writing	Screenplay	1952
The River Movie	7.2	Directing	Director	1951
The Ways of Love Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1950
The Woman on the Beach Movie	6.2	Writing	Screenplay	1947
A Day in the Country Short Film	7.3	Actor	Père Poulain	1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1946
A Day in the Country Short Film	7.3	Directing	Director	1946
The Southerner Movie	7.2	Directing	Director	1945
Salute to France Short Film	5.9	Writing	Screenplay	1944
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Movie	6.2	Directing	Co-Director	1943
This Land Is Mine Movie	7.6	Directing	Director	1943
Swamp Water Movie	6.8	Directing	Director	1941
Tosca Movie	5.9	Directing	Co-Director	1941
Cristobal's Gold Movie	6.3	Writing	Dialogue	1940
The Rules of the Game Movie	7.8	Actor	Octave	1939
The Rules of the Game Movie	7.8	Directing	Director	1939
La Bête Humaine Movie	7.6	Actor	Cabuche	1938
La Bête Humaine Movie	7.6	Directing	Director	1938
La Marseillaise Movie	6.9	Directing	Director	1938
The Spanish Earth Movie	6.3	Actor	Narrator (voice)	1937
Grand Illusion Movie	8.0	Directing	Director	1937
Life Is Ours Movie	5.7	Actor	Le patron du bistrot	1936
Life Is Ours Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1936
The Crime of Monsieur Lange Movie	7.2	Writing	Screenplay	1936
The Lower Depths Movie	7.3	Directing	Director	1936
Toni Movie	7.0	Directing	Director	1935
A Bum Deal Movie	—	Directing	Director	1935
Madame Bovary Movie	6.4	Writing	Screenplay	1934
Chotard and Co. Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1933
Boudu Saved from Drowning Movie	7.3	Writing	Screenplay	1932
Night at the Crossroads Movie	6.4	Directing	Director	1932
Mam'zelle Nitouche Movie	5.5	Actor	Master sergeant (uncredited)	1931
Baby's Laxative Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1931
La Chienne Movie	7.4	Directing	Director	1931
Little Red Riding Hood Movie	6.1	Actor	Compère le Loup	1930
The Pursuit of Happiness Short Film	7.0	Actor	—	1930
Little Red Riding Hood Movie	6.1	Writing	Writer	1930
Le Bled Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1929
The Sad Sack Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1928
The Tournament Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1928
The Little Match Girl Short Film	6.9	Directing	Director	1928
Backbiters Movie	6.0	Actor	le sous-préfet	1927
La p'tite Lili Short Film	5.3	Actor	—	1927
Charleston Parade Short Film	5.7	Actor	Angel	1927
Backbiters Movie	6.0	Writing	Screenplay	1927
Marquitta Movie	6.0	Directing	Director	1927
Charleston Parade Short Film	5.7	Directing	Director	1927
Nana Movie	6.7	Directing	Director	1926
Whirlpool of Fate Movie	6.5	Directing	Director	1925
Those of Our Land Short Film	7.4	Actor	Self	1915

Jean Renoir

Known For

La Bête Humaine

Grand Illusion

The Rules of the Game

A Day in the Country

Movies & TV Credits