FILM DIRECTOR

René Clair

1898 - 1981

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René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Clair has received more than 321,709 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. René Clair is the 95th most popular film director (down from 88th in 2019), the 724th most popular biography from France (down from 661st in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Film Director.

René Clair is most famous for his films. His first film was "Entr'acte" in 1924. His most famous films are "A Nous la Liberté" and "Under the Roofs of Paris."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, René Clair ranks 95 out of 2,041. Before him are Jim Jarmusch, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Richard Attenborough, William Friedkin, Andrzej Żuławski, and Robert Bresson. After him are George Cukor, Sidney Lumet, Michael Mann, Zhang Yimou, Sam Peckinpah, and Ang Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, René Clair ranks 29. Before him are Hans Krebs, Rodion Malinovsky, Rudolf Dassler, Henry Moore, Ahmad Shah Qajar, and Karl Ziegler. After him are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Willy Messerschmitt, Curzio Malaparte, Jeanne Hébuterne, Trofim Lysenko, and Karl Hermann Frank. Among people deceased in 1981, René Clair ranks 17. Before him are William Holden, William Wyler, Hans Adolf Krebs, Odd Hassel, Eugenio Montale, and Béla Guttmann. After him are Joe Louis, Omar Bradley, Harold Urey, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Marcel Breuer, and William Saroyan.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Clair ranks 724 out of 6,770. Before him are Samuel de Champlain (1567), Michel Legrand (1932), Robert Bresson (1901), Jean Meslier (1664), Michèle Mercier (1939), and Charlotte of Savoy (1441). After him are Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Louis Le Vau (1612), François Darlan (1881), Charles Nicolle (1866), and Raymond Queneau (1903).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, René Clair ranks 14. Before him are Claude Chabrol (1930), Éric Rohmer (1920), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Alain Resnais (1922), William Wyler (1902), and Robert Bresson (1901). After him are Marcel Carné (1906), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Claude Lelouch (1937), René Clément (1913), Jacques Demy (1931), and Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907).

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Filmography

And Then There Were None
Director
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.
Oct 31o 19457 / 10
I Married a Witch
Director
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.
Oct 30o 19426.8 / 10
Entr'acte
Director
Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, a hearse pulled by a camel (and chased by its pallbearers) and a dizzying roller coaster finale. A film of contradictions and agreements.
Dec 4o 19246.9 / 10