René Clair
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1981
- Works
- 50
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · Paris, France
René Clair 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…
Known for
- René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu — Lui-même2021
- Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol — Self (archive footage)2019
- Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim — Self2012
- Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Midi trente — Self1972
- À la recherche de Jean Grémillon — Self1969
- Civilisation: L'homme et les images — Self1967
- Laugh with Max Linder — Narrateur (voice)1963
- Cinépanorama — Self1956
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 126
- Total plays
- 262
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,334x
- Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2018 · cited 10,892x
- The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2009 · cited 10,158x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,904x
- Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer
· 2002 · cited 7,479x
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Key facts
- Born
- René-Lucien Chomette , ( 1898-11-11 ) 11 November 1898, Paris , France
- Died
- 15 March 1981 (1981-03-15) (aged 82), Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine , Île-de-France , France
- Occupations
- Director producer writer actor
- Years active
- 1924–1976
- Spouse
- Bronia Clair (m.1926)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 11 November 1898
- Died
- 15 March 1981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- René
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- The Grand Maneuver
- Image
- Rene-Clair-Venise-Mostra-1958.jpg
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Article
René Clair ( French: [ʁəne klɛʁ]; 11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette ([ʁəne lysjɛ̃ ʃɔmɛt]), was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films which often featured fantasy comedy themes. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the United Kingdom and the United States for more than a decade. Returning to France in the aftermath of 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 Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (The Italian Straw Hat, 1928), Sous les toits de Paris (Under the Roofs of Paris, 1930), Le Million (1931), À nous la liberté (1931), I Married a Witch (1942), and And Then There Were None (1945).
Early life