Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. His works include the crime dramas Bob le flambeur (1956), Le Doulos (1962), Le Samouraï (1967), and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), and the war films Le Silence de la mer (1949) and Army of Shadows (1969). Melville's subject matter and approach to filmmaking was heavily influenced by his service in the French Resistance during World War II, during which he adopted the pseudonym 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over. His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them in the crime dramas, have been highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. Roger Ebert appraised him as "one of the greatest directors." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean-Pierre Melville, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Jean-Pierre Melville
  • Popularity: 1.35
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1917-10-20
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Jean-Pierre Grumbach, 让-皮埃尔·梅尔维尔, 장피에르 멜빌, 장-피에르 멜빌, 장 피에르 멜빌
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Jean-Pierre Melville Movies

  • 1960
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    Breathless

    Breathless

    7.5 1960 HD

    A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the authorities, he attempts to persuade a girl to run away...

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  • 2017
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    Belmondo, le magnifique

    Belmondo, le magnifique

    7.7 2017 HD

    With more than 70 films and 160 million cumulative tickets in France, Jean-Paul Belmondo is one of the essential stars of French cinema.

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  • 1963
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    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6.4 1963 HD

    Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable...

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  • 2023
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    Les rois de la comédie

    Les rois de la comédie

    9 2023 HD

    At the end of the 1950s, four humor specialists simultaneously experienced recognition. Fernandel with “The Cow and the Prisoner”,...

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  • 1946
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    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    6 1946 HD

    The movie follows the clock round as music hall clown Beby takes off his make up, goes home for a meal, looks at photos and goes to bed to rise,...

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  • 1959
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    Two Men in Manhattan

    Two Men in Manhattan

    6.4 1959 HD

    Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.

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  • 1962
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    Le Combat dans l’île

    Le Combat dans l’île

    6.7 1962 HD

    The charismatic, surly son of a wealthy industrialist, Clément, leads a double life as a member of a right-wing extremist organization. When...

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  • 1950
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    Orpheus

    Orpheus

    7.602 1950 HD

    A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

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  • 2008
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    Code Name: Melville

    Code Name: Melville

    6.7 2008 HD

    Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth...

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  • 2019
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    Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

    Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

    8 2019 HD

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  • 1971
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    Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses

    Jean-Pierre Melville: Portrait in 9 Poses

    7.2 1971 HD

    Shot while he was preparing Un Flic, Melville carefully leads Labarthe through the trajectory of his career, from his daring debut The Silence of the...

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  • 1977
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    Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

    Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante

    5.5 1977 HD

    Gérard Courant applies the Lettrist editing techniques of Isidore Isou to footage of late 70's pop culture. Courant posits that his cinema...

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  • 1957
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    A Girl in a Pocket

    A Girl in a Pocket

    4.3 1957 HD

    A professor experimenting in suspended animation accidentally shrinks his dog and later, his female lab assistant, when she drinks the liquid by...

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  • 2011
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    Melville-Delon: Honor and Night

    Melville-Delon: Honor and Night

    1 2011 HD

    Documentary exploring the friendship between French director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon, and their collaboration on the 1967 film Le...

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  • 2024
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    Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs

    Delon Melville, la solitude de deux samouraïs

    7 2024 HD

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  • 2018
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    Lino Ventura, la part intime

    Lino Ventura, la part intime

    7.8 2018 HD

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  • 1956
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    Bob le Flambeur

    Bob le Flambeur

    7.3 1956 HD

    In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy and well-liked by virtually everyone in town,...

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  • 1966
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    Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

    Jean-Pierre Melville on the Set of Le Deuxième Souffle

    1 1966 HD

    Director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Lino Ventura are interviewed about their 1966 film.

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  • 2020
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    Melville, le dernier samouraï

    Melville, le dernier samouraï

    7.7 2020 HD

    Like nobody else Jean-Pierre Melville influenced modern filmmaking. This documentary follows his creative process step by step, showing him becoming...

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  • 1962
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    Sign of the Lion

    Sign of the Lion

    6.9 1962 HD

    An American in Paris lives by sponging off his working friends, and throws a party using borrowed money when his rich American aunt dies, believing...

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  • 1967
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    Le Samouraï

    Le Samouraï

    7.8 1967 HD

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  • 1967
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    Le Samouraï

    Le Samouraï

    7.8 1967 HD

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  • 1962
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    Le Doulos

    Le Doulos

    7.4 1962 HD

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  • 1962
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    Le Doulos

    Le Doulos

    7.4 1962 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Good Thief

    The Good Thief

    6.107 2003 HD

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  • 1970
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    Le Cercle Rouge

    Le Cercle Rouge

    7.6 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Le Cercle Rouge

    Le Cercle Rouge

    7.6 1970 HD

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  • 1956
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    Bob le Flambeur

    Bob le Flambeur

    7.3 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Bob le Flambeur

    Bob le Flambeur

    7.3 1956 HD

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  • 1959
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    Two Men in Manhattan

    Two Men in Manhattan

    6.4 1959 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Silence of the Sea

    The Silence of the Sea

    7.5 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Silence of the Sea

    The Silence of the Sea

    7.5 1949 HD

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  • 1972
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    A Cop

    A Cop

    6.6 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    A Cop

    A Cop

    6.6 1972 HD

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  • 1969
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    Army of Shadows

    Army of Shadows

    7.926 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    Army of Shadows

    Army of Shadows

    7.926 1969 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Strange Ones

    The Strange Ones

    6.644 1950 HD

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  • 1961
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    Léon Morin, Priest

    Léon Morin, Priest

    7 1961 HD

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  • 1946
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    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    6 1946 HD

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  • 1963
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    Magnet of Doom

    Magnet of Doom

    6.3 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Magnet of Doom

    Magnet of Doom

    6.3 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    Magnet of Doom

    Magnet of Doom

    6.3 1963 HD

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  • 1953
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    When You Read This Letter

    When You Read This Letter

    6 1953 HD

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  • 2004
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    Their First Films

    Their First Films

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2021
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    Short Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville

    Short Cuts : Le Cercle rouge de Jean-Pierre Melville

    4.5 2021 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Silence of the Sea

    The Silence of the Sea

    7.5 1949 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Strange Ones

    The Strange Ones

    6.644 1950 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Silence of the Sea

    The Silence of the Sea

    7.5 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Silence of the Sea

    The Silence of the Sea

    7.5 1949 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Strange Ones

    The Strange Ones

    6.644 1950 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Strange Ones

    The Strange Ones

    6.644 1950 HD

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  • 1999
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    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    7.322 1999 HD

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  • 1961
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    Léon Morin, Priest

    Léon Morin, Priest

    7 1961 HD

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  • 1966
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    Le Deuxième Souffle

    Le Deuxième Souffle

    7.6 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    Le Deuxième Souffle

    Le Deuxième Souffle

    7.6 1966 HD

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  • 1953
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    When You Read This Letter

    When You Read This Letter

    6 1953 HD

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  • 1956
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    Bob le Flambeur

    Bob le Flambeur

    7.3 1956 HD

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  • 1959
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    Two Men in Manhattan

    Two Men in Manhattan

    6.4 1959 HD

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  • 1946
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    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    6 1946 HD

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  • 2018
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    Thlípsi

    Thlípsi

    6.7 2018 HD

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  • 1946
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    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    24 Hours in the Life of a Clown

    6 1946 HD

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  • 1970
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    Le Cercle Rouge

    Le Cercle Rouge

    7.6 1970 HD

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  • 1972
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    Midi trente

    Midi trente

    6 1972 HD

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  • 1956
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    Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

    8 1956 HD

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