Jacques Rivette

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Jacques Rivette

Directing March 1, 1928

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 (nouve…

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La Belle Noiseuse

La Belle Noiseuse

7.3 1991 Movie
Céline and Julie Go Boating

Céline and Julie Go Boating

6.8 1974 Movie
The Nun

The Nun

7.1 1967 Movie
Paris Belongs to Us

Paris Belongs to Us

6.6 1961 Movie
Lumière & Company

Lumière & Company

6.3 1995 Movie
Out 1

Out 1

7.2 1990 Movie
Duelle (Une Quarantaine)

Duelle (Une Quarantaine)

6.9 1976 Movie
Reflets de Cannes

Reflets de Cannes

5.0 1954 TV Show
L'Amour fou

L'Amour fou

6.5 1969 Movie
Le Pont du Nord

Le Pont du Nord

6.8 1982 Movie
The Lovely Month of May

The Lovely Month of May

8.0 1963 Movie
Bérénice

Bérénice

5.7 1954 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited

    Movie Self

  2. 2017
    Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette

    Movie Self

  3. 2012
    Die Geheimnisse von Paris

    Movie Himself

  4. 2009
    Around a Small Mountain

    Movie Director

  5. 2007
    The Duchess of Langeais

    Movie Director

  6. 2004
    Their First Films

    Movie Director

  7. 2003
    The Story of Marie and Julien

    Movie Director

  8. 2001
    Va savoir+

    Movie Director

  9. 2001
    Va Savoir (Who Knows?)

    Movie Scenario Writer

  10. 2000
    Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas

    Movie Self

  11. 1998
    Secret Defense

    Movie Director

  12. 1995
    Lumière & Company

    Movie Self

  13. 1995
    Up, Down, Fragile

    Movie Man at Crepe/Hot Dog Stand

  14. 1994
    Joan the Maid I: The Battles

    Movie Priest (uncredited)

  15. 1994
    Joan the Maid II: The Prisons

    Movie Director

  16. 1992
    La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento

    Movie Writer

More credits
  1. 1991
    La Belle Noiseuse

    Movie Screenplay

  2. 1990
    Out 1

    Movie Writer

  3. 1990
    Jacques Rivette, the Watchman

    Movie Self - Director

  4. 1989
    Gang of Four

    Movie Scenario Writer

  5. 1985
    Wuthering Heights

    Movie Screenplay

  6. 1984
    Love on the Ground

    Movie Director

  7. 1982
    Le Pont du Nord

    Movie Scenario Writer

  8. 1982
    Short Memory

    Movie Marcel Jaucourt

  9. 1981
    Merry-Go-Round

    Movie Man entering car (cameo)

  10. 1981
    Paris s'en va

    Movie Director

  11. 1976
    Noroît (Une Vengeance)

    Movie Director

  12. 1976
    Duelle (Une Quarantaine)

    Movie Director

  13. 1974
    Céline and Julie Go Boating

    Movie Director

  14. 1973
    Out 1: Spectre

    Movie Director

  15. 1971
    Out 1

    TV show Director

  16. 1970
    Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke

    Movie Jacques Rivette

  17. 1969
    L'Amour fou

    Movie Director

  18. 1967
    The Nun

    Movie Writer

  19. 1967
    Festivals 66 Cinéma 67

    Movie Self

  20. 1967
    Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception

    Movie Self - Interviewer

  21. 1967
    Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur

    Movie Self - Interviewer

  22. 1967
    Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif

    Movie Self - Interviewer

  23. 1964
    Pour le plaisir

    TV show Self

  24. 1964
    La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

    Movie Self