Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

male, 78 years old
Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December, 1930) is a French filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the "Nouvelle Vague", or "French New...
François Truffaut

François Truffaut

male, deceased (1984)
François began to assiduously go to the movies at 7. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1...
Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

male, 79 years old
Claude Chabrol (born June 24, 1930, Paris) is a French film director and has become well-known since his first film, "Le Beau Serge" (1958) for his...
Jean-Pierre Melville

Jean-Pierre Melville

male, deceased (1973)
Jean-Pierre Melville was a noted French film director. He later adopted the pseudonym 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author...
Alain Resnais

Alain Resnais

male, 87 years old
Alain Resnais is a French film director whose early works are often grouped within the New Wave or Nouvelle Vague film movement. Although he has...
Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

male, 76 years old
Jean-Paul Belmondo (born April 9, 1933, Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris), is a French actor. As a youngster, he did poorly in his studies, but...
Jacques Rivette

Jacques Rivette

male, 81 years old
Jacques Rivette , who emerged in the 1950s, along with Jean-Luc Godard , Francois Truffaut, Eric Rohmer, and Claude Chabrol , as one of the primary...
Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

female, 81 years old
Jeanne Moreau (born 23 january 1928 in Paris, France) is a French actress, and director. Moreau was born in Paris to an English (dancer) mother and...
Jacques Demy

Jacques Demy

male, deceased (1990)
Jacques Demy was one of the most approachable filmmakers of the French New Wave. Uninterested in the formal experimentation of Alain Resnais, or...

André Téchiné

male, 66 years old
André Téchiné (born March 13, 1943 at Valence-d'Agen (Tarn-et-Garonne) in France), is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and...