Jean Grémillon
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 4, 1898
- Died
- November 25, 1959
- Birthplace
- Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Jean Grémillon was a French film director. After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, Grémillon had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928. Over the next quarter-century, he directed twenty more feature films, of which he is best known for five made between 1937 and 1944: Gueule d'amour (1937), L'Étrange M. Victor (1938), Remorques (1941), Lumière d'été (1943), and Le Ciel est à vous (1944), all but the first starring Madeleine Renaud. Grémillon rejected what he referred to as "mechanical naturalism" in favor of "the discovery of that subtlety which the human eye does not perceive directly but which must be shown by establishing the harmonies, the unknown relations, between objects and beings; it is a vivifying, inexhaustible source of images that strike our imaginations and enchant our hearts." He died on November 25, 1959 in Paris, France.
Filmography
André Masson and the Four Elements 1958
Director, Screenplay
Haute-Lisse 1956
Original Music Composer, Director
The House of Images 1955
Director
In the Heart of the Ile de France 1954
Director
The Love of a Woman 1953
Director, Dialogue, Writer, Story
Alchemy 1952
Writer, Director
- Astrology or the mirror of life
Astrology or the mirror of life 1952
as Narrator (voice), Director
The Strange Madame X 1951
Director
The Charms of Life 1949
as Narrator, Director, Screenplay
White Paws 1949
Director
- Les désastres de la guerre
Les désastres de la guerre 1949
Director
The Sixth of June at Dawn 1947
Director, Writer
The Woman Who Dared 1944
Director
Summer Light 1943
Director
Stormy Waters 1941
Director
The Strange Monsieur Victor 1938
Director
Lady Killer 1937
Director, Editor
Guard! Alert! 1937
Director
Les pattes de mouche 1936
Director
The Royal Waltz 1936
Director
Gonzague 1934
Director, Dialogue, Screenplay
La Dolorosa 1934
Director, Writer
Dainah the Mixed 1932
Director
For One Cent's Worth of Love 1932
Director
Little Lise 1930
Director
The Lighthouse Keepers 1929
Director, Editor
Misdeal 1928
Original Music Composer, Director
- Un tour au large
Un tour au large 1926
Director, Writer
- La vie des travailleurs italiens en France
La vie des travailleurs italiens en France 1926
Director
- Essais au bord de la mer
Essais au bord de la mer 1926
Director, Writer
- Casting Ella Maillart
Casting Ella Maillart 1926
Director, Writer
- La photogénie mécanique
La photogénie mécanique 1924
Director
- Chartres
Chartres 1923
Director, Editor
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