Biography
Jean Grémillon was a French film director.
After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, Grémillon had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928. Over the next quarter-century, he directed twenty more feature films, of which he is best known for five made between 1937 and 1944: Gueule d'amour (1937), L'Étrange M. Victor (1938), Remorques (1941), Lumière d'été (1943), and Le Ciel est à vous (1944), all but the first starring Madeleine Renaud.
Grémillon rejected what he referred to as "mechanical naturalism" in favor of "the discovery of that subtlety which the human eye does not perceive directly but which must be shown by establishing the harmonies, the unknown relations, between objects and beings; it is a vivifying, inexhaustible source of images that strike our imaginations and enchant our hearts."
He died on November 25, 1959 in Paris, France.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
André Masson and the Four Elements
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
André Masson and the Four Elements
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1958
Haute-Lisse
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 1956
Haute-Lisse
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1956
The House of Images
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1955
In the Heart of the Ile de France
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1954
The Love of a Woman
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1953
The Love of a Woman
Role: Dialogue
MOVIE • 1953
The Love of a Woman
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1953
The Love of a Woman
Role: Story
MOVIE • 1953
Alchemy
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1952
Alchemy
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1952
Astrology or the mirror of life
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1952
The Strange Madame X
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1951
The Charms of Life
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1949
The Charms of Life
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1949
White Paws
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1949
Les désastres de la guerre
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1949
The Sixth of June at Dawn
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1947
The Sixth of June at Dawn
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1947