René Clément

Director
René Clément

About

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Birth Place
France
Born
March 18, 1913
Died
March 17, 1996
Cause of Death
Heart Trouble

Biography

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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, ye...

Filmography

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Baby Sitter - Un maledetto pasticcio (1975)
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Jeune fille libre le soir (1975)
Director
And Hope to Die (1972)
Director
La Maison Sous les Arbres (1971)
Director
Rider on the Rain (1970)
Director
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
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Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Care For Your Pal
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Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Low Class Ambition

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)

Baby Sitter - Un maledetto pasticcio (1975)
Director
Jeune fille libre le soir (1975)
Director
And Hope to Die (1972)
Director
La Maison Sous les Arbres (1971)
Director
Rider on the Rain (1970)
Director
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Director
The Day and the Hour (1964)
Director
Joy House (1964)
Director
Purple Noon (1961)
Director
The Joy of Living (1961)
Director
This Angry Age (1958)
Director
Gervaise (1957)
Director
Lovers, Happy Lovers! (1954)
Director
Forbidden Games (1952)
Director
The Walls of Malapaga (1949)
Director
Les maudits (1947)
Director
Le Pere Tranquille (1946)
Director
Battle of the Rails (1946)
Director
Soigne ton Gauche (1936)
Director

Writer (Feature Film)

Baby Sitter - Un maledetto pasticcio (1975)
Screenwriter
La Maison Sous les Arbres (1971)
Screenplay
The Day and the Hour (1964)
Screenwriter
Joy House (1964)
Screenwriter
Purple Noon (1961)
Screenwriter
The Joy of Living (1961)
Screenplay
This Angry Age (1958)
Screenwriter
Lovers, Happy Lovers! (1954)
Screenwriter
Forbidden Games (1952)
Screenwriter
Les maudits (1947)
Adaptation
Les maudits (1947)
Screenwriter
Battle of the Rails (1946)
Screenwriter
Soigne ton Gauche (1936)
Screenwriter

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

La belle et la bête (1946)
Other

Assistant Direction (Short)

On demande une brute (1934)
Assistant Director

Cast (Short)

Filmmaking on the Riviera (1964)
Himself

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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Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Care For Your Pal Easy to forget they're playing Americans, in Rome, Tom (Alain Delon) has been paid by the father of Philippe (Maurice Ronet) to bring him home, friend Freddy (Billy Kearns) having none of it, opening Rene Clement's treatment of the first Patricia Highsmith "Ripley" novel, Purple Noon, 1961.
Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Low Class Ambition With girlfriend Marge (Marie Laforet), Philippe (Maurice Ronet), whose father is paying Tom (Alain Delon) to bring him home to the states, launches on a yacht trip from Rome to Sicily, tensions emerging, in Rene Clement's Purple Noon, 1961, from a Patricia Highsmith novel.
Purple Noon (1961) -- (Movie Clip) The Inside Is Perfect Idle-rich Philippe (Maurice Ronet), with tag-along buddy Tom (Alain Delon), has been neglecting girlfriend Marge (Marie Laforet), in Italy studying Fra Angelico, as weirdness becomes explicit, in Rene Clement's Purple Noon, 1961, based on Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley.

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