Jacques Rivette (1928–2016)

Director | Writer | Actor

Although François Truffaut has written that the New Wave began "thanks to Rivette," the films of ...

Born: March 1, 1928
Died: January 29, 2016 (age 87)

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Filmography

Known For

La Belle Noiseuse Director (1991)
The Gang of Four Director (1989)
Va Savoir (Who Knows?) Director (2001)
Known For

L'amour fou Director (1969)
Director

Around a Small Mountain (2009)
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)
Secret Defense (1998)
Lumière and Company (1995)
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons (1994)
Joan the Maid 1: The Battles (1994)
Divertimento (1992)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
The Gang of Four (1989)
Wuthering Heights (1985)
Love on the Ground (1984)
Paris s'en va (1981)
Merry-Go-Round (1981)
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Noroît (1976)
Duelle (1976)
Naissance et mont de Prométhée (1974)
Essai sur l'agression (1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Out 1: Spectre (1972)
Out 1 (1971)
L'amour fou (1969)
Cinéastes de notre temps (1966-1967)
The Nun (1966)
Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
Le coup du berger (1956)
Le divertissement (1952)
Le quadrille (1950)
Director

Aux quatre coins (1949)
Writer

Around a Small Mountain (2009)
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)
Secret Defense (1998)
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Joan the Maid 1: The Battles (1994)
Divertimento (1992)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
The Gang of Four (1989)
Wuthering Heights (1985)
Love on the Ground (1984)
Paris s'en va (1981)
Merry-Go-Round (1981)
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Noroît (1976)
Duelle (1976)
Naissance et mont de Prométhée (1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Out 1: Spectre (1972)
Out 1 (1971)
L'amour fou (1969)
The Nun (1966)
Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
Writer

Le coup du berger (1956)
Actor

Up, Down, Fragile M. Pierre (1995)
Joan the Maid 1: The Battles Le prêtre (1994)
Short Memory Marcel Jaucourt (Premier Flashback) (1979)
Paris Belongs to Us Romanian man at the party (1961)
Le coup du berger Narrator (1956)
Actor

The Glass Castle Un passant (1950)
Producer

Cinéastes de notre temps (1967)
Archive footage

Cannes 1968, révolution au palais (2018)
Vadim Mister Cool (2016)
Les Mystères de Paris: 'Out 1' de Jacques Rivette revisité (2015)
Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (2010)
Two in the Wave (2010)
Archive footage

Personnel et confidentiel (2007)
Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinémathèque (2004)
Cinematographer

La sonate à Kreutzer (1956)
Cinematographer

Une visite (1955)
Bérénice (1954)

Awards

14 wins & 20 nominations.

Did You Know

His main sources of inspiration for L'amour fou (1969) were Les idoles (1968) (which starred the same actress, Bulle Ogier) and Pirandello's play 'To Find Oneself', of which he had attended a stage performance with Delphine Seyrig.

Quotes

[on television] I have no relation with television. It's not a willed refusal. First, because I'm never at home; there too, it's a question of lifestyle. I have on occasion seen films on television at friends' homes, and since I'm not used to it, ...