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

The Beautiful Troublemaker Director (1991)
Paris Belongs to Us Director (1961)
Who Knows? Director (2001)
Known For

The Gang of Four Director (1989)
Director

Around a Small Mountain (2009)
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
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)
The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)
The Gang of Four (1989)
Wuthering Heights (1985)
Love on the Ground (1984)
Paris Goes Away (1981)
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Merry-Go-Round (1980)
Noroît (1976)
Duelle (1976)
Birth and Death of Prometheus (1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Essai sur l'agression (1973)
Out 1: Spectre (1972)
Out 1 (1971)
L'amour fou (1969)
Cinéastes de notre temps (1967)
The Nun (1966)
Paris Belongs to Us (1961)
Fool's Mate (1956)
The Diversion (1952)
The Quadrille (1950)
Director

At the Four Corners (1949)
Writer

Around a Small Mountain (2009)
The Duchess of Langeais (2007)
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
Who Knows? (2001)
Secret Defense (1998)
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
Joan the Maid 1: The Battles (1994)
Divertimento (1992)
The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991)
The Gang of Four (1989)
Wuthering Heights (1985)
Love on the Ground (1984)
Paris Goes Away (1981)
Le Pont du Nord (1981)
Merry-Go-Round (1980)
Noroît (1976)
Duelle (1976)
Birth and Death of Prometheus (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)
Jean Renoir parle de son art (1961)
Writer

Fool's Mate (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)
Fool's Mate Narrator (1956)
Actor

The Glass Castle Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (1950)
Producer

Cinéastes de notre temps (1967)
Archive footage

Le temps des nababs (2019)
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

The Kreutzer Sonata (1956)
Cinematographer

Une visite (1955)
Bérénice (1954)

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Awards

15 wins & 23 nominations.

Did You Know

His 10 favourite movies are: The Life of Oharu (1952), Germany Year Zero (1948), True Heart Susie (1919), Sunrise (1927), The River (1951), Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) and Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1958) (tied for the sixth place), L'Atalante...

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, ...