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Jacques Rivette

Mar 01, 1928 - Jan 29, 2016 (87 years old) in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Jacques Rivette (March 1, 1928 - January 29, 2016) was a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette was one of the more experimental of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) directors. In common with many of his peers, he had a background in film criticism, where he expressed his admiration for popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich, Howard Hawks and Frank Tashlin. Rivette's films progress in unconventional ways—often following multiple plots that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation—and are often extremely long.

Known For

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Reflets de Cannes
Self
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Paris Belongs to Us
A man at the party (uncredited)
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Up, Down, Fragile
Man at Crepe/Hot Dog Stand
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The Glass Castle
Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)
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Merry-Go-Round
Man entering car (cameo)
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Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke
Jacques Rivette
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Jacques Rivette, the Watchman
Self - Director
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Fool’s Mate
Narrator (uncredited)
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The Lovely Month of May
Self (uncredited)
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The Mysteries of Paris: Jacques Rivette's Out 1 Revisited
Self (archive footage)

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