René Clément
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About
Biography
Biography
Versatile, gifted director whose early documentary experience was effectively employed for the making of "Battle of the Rails" (1945), a painstaking chronicle of the French Resistance movement. Clement also made the superior thrillers "Les Maudit" (1947) and "Purple Noon" (1960), and the moody and atmospheric Zola adaptation "Gervaise" (1956), but his greatest effort was the touching, yet unsentimental "Forbidden Games" (1952), about a child adrift in war-torn France. His later work lacked the spark of earlier years. Clement's last feature was 1975's "The Baby Sitter." He died at age 82 in southern France on March 17, 1996.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Assistant Direction (Short)
Cast (Short)
Life Events
1931
Made first film (amateur animated short), "Cesar chez les gaulois"
1934
First short film as director of photography, "L'Ile de France"; as assistant director, "On demande une brute"
1936
Short film directing debut, "Soigne ton gauche"
1945
Feature film writing and directing debut, "La bataille du rail/Battle of the Rail"
1975
Final feature, "The Baby Sitter"
Videos
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