René Clair
Film director
1898 – 1981
Who was René Clair?
René Clair born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years. He was elected to the Académie française in 1960. Clair's best known films include The Italian Straw Hat, Under the Roofs of Paris, Le Million, À nous la liberté, I Married a Witch, and And Then There Were None.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1898
Paris - Also known as
- Rene Clair
- René-Lucien Chomette
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Bronja Perlmutter
(1926 - )
- Bronja Perlmutter
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- Lycée Montaigne
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Mar 15, 1981
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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