René Clément (1913-1996)


René Clément is notable for his anti-war films and thriller dramas of the 1950s and 1960s. Fascinating latter-day films of his are PLEIN SOLEIL (1960, remade as THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY in 1999), LES FELINS (1964) and LE PASSENGER DE LA PLUIE (1969).

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Filmography:

On Demande une Brute (1934; ass dir)
Soigne ton Gauche (1936; dir)
L'Arabie Interdite (1937; dir)
La Grande Charteuse (1938; dir)
Paris la Nuit (1939; dir)
La Bièvre, Fille Perdue (1939; dir)
Le Triage (1940; dir)
Toulouse (1940; dir)
Ceux du Rail (1942; dir)
La Grande Pastorale (1943; dir)
Paris sous la Botte (1944; dir)
Chefs de Demain (1944; dir)
Le Père Tranquille (1946; dir)
La Bataille du Rail (1946; dir, coprod; aka Battle of the Rails)
La Belle et la Bête (1946; consultant, titler)
Les Maudits (1947; dir, coscr; aka The Damned)
Au-Delà des Grilles (1949; dir; aka The Walls of Malapaga)
Le Château de Verre (1950; dir, coscr; based on a novel by Vicki Baum)
Jeux Interdits (1952; dir, coscr; based on a novel by François Bayer; aka Forbidden Games)
Monsieur Ripois (1954; dir; based on a novel by Louis Hémon; aka Lovers, Happy Lovers)
Gervaise (1956; dir, coscr; based on the novel L'Assommoir by Emile Zola)
Barrage contre le Pacifique (1957; dir, coscr; based oa a novel by Marguérite Duras; aka This Angry Age)
Quelle Joie de Vivre (1960; dir, coscr; based on a treatment by Gualtiero Jacopetti)
Plein Soleil (1960; dir, coscr)
Le Jour et l'Heure (1963; dir, coscr; aka The Day and the Hour)
Les Félins (1964; dir, coscr)
Paris Brule-t-il? (1966; dir; based on a novel by Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre; aka Is Paris Burning?)
Le Passenger de la Pluie (1969; dir; based on a novel by Sébastien Japrisot)
La Maison sur les Arbres (1971; dir, coscr; based on Arthur Canavaugh's novel The Children Are Gone)
La Course du Lievre a Travers les Champs (1972; dir; aka And Hope to Die)
Jeune Fille Libre le Soir (1975; dir, coscr; aka Babysitter)
Princess and a Photographer (1983; act?; made for TV)

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