Jean-Pierre Melville
Film director
1917 – 1973
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Who was Jean-Pierre Melville?
Jean-Pierre Melville was a French filmmaker.
While with the French Resistance during World War II, he adopted the nom de guerre Melville as a tribute to his favorite American author, Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over.
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- Born
- Oct 20, 1917
Paris - Also known as
- Melville
- Jean Pierre Melville
- Jean-Pierre Grumbach
- Parents
- Religion
- Judaism
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 2, 1973
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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