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Jean Renoir, one of our very favorite directors, was born 122 years ago today in Paris, France. Enjoy our 10 JR Did-You-Knows, then make it a point to watch one of Renoir's classic pictures tonight: Grand Illusion, The Rules of the Game, La Bête Humaine or any of a dozen others. Renoir was a member

Jean Renoir

Born Sept. 15, 1894 in Paris, France. Died Feb. 12, 1979 of coronary occlusion in Benedict Canyon, Calif.

Jean Renoir (Sept 15, 1894 – Feb 12, 1979)

Jean Renoir, 1961 Henri Dauman

JEAN RENOIR - 1946 Washingtonpost.com: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Jean Renoir, French film director and son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. His films, in both silent and later eras, were noted for their realism and strong narrative and included the classics Grand Illusion (1937), The Rules of the Game (1939), and The River (1951).

Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937)

What if intelligence pushes us towards ugliness?…What if our tendency to imitate nature is simply a tendency towards ugliness? The things we choose to imitate in nature aren’t the most beautiful…When...

Rules of the Game

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A Day in the Country, 1936

Director Jean Renoir had no problems at all with Jean Gabin when working on "La Grande Illusion" (1937). "There you have a true film actor, with a...

Toni (1935) - Jean Renoir

Theo Angelopoulos (and Jean Renoir!) by Guy Le Querrec, 1998.

Jean Renoir (15.09.1894 - 12.02.1979)

French Filmmaker Jean Renoir In 1954 Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images