René Clair

Director

Born: November 11, 1898
Died: March 15, 1981 (age 82)
From: Paris, France

René Clair was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were…

Filmography (37)

René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu
René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu (2021)
Lui-même
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim (2012)
Self
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon (1969)
Self
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
Civilisation: L'homme et les images (1967)
Self
The Lace Wars (1965)
Director
Laugh with Max Linder (1963)
Narrateur (voice)
The Four Truths (1962)
Director
All the Gold in the World (1961)
Director
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
Director
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Director
The Grand Manoeuvre (1955)
Director
Beauties of the Night (1952)
Director
The Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Director
Silence Is Golden (1947)
Director
And Then There Were None (1945)
Director
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Director
Forever and a Day (1943)
Director
I Married a Witch (1942)
Director
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
Director
Break the News (1938)
Director
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Director
The Last Billionaire (1934)
Director
July 14 (1933)
Director
À Nous la Liberté (1931)
Director
Le Million (1931)
Director
Under the Roofs of Paris (1930)
Director
Two Timid Souls (1928)
Director
The Italian Straw Hat (1928)
Director
La Tour (1928)
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