Jacques Rivette

Biography

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.

Directed

1. La Belle Noiseuse (1991) — Director
2. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) — Director
3. The Nun (1967) — Director
4. Paris Belongs to Us (1961) — Director
5. Lumière & Company (1995) — Director
6. Out 1 (1990) — Director
7. Duelle (Une Quarantaine) (1976) — Director
8. Le Pont du Nord (1982) — Director
9. L'Amour fou (1969) — Director
10. Fool’s Mate (1956) — Director
11. Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001) — Director
12. Joan the Maid I: The Battles (1994) — Director
13. The Duchess of Langeais (2007) — Director
14. The Story of Marie and Julien (2003) — Director
15. Up, Down, Fragile (1995) — Director
16. Secret Defense (1998) — Director
17. Gang of Four (1989) — Director
18. Noroît (Une Vengeance) (1976) — Director
19. Joan the Maid II: The Prisons (1994) — Director
20. Merry-Go-Round (1981) — Director
21. Love on the Ground (1984) — Director
22. Out 1: Spectre (1973) — Director
23. Around a Small Mountain (2009) — Director
24. La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1992) — Director
25. Wuthering Heights (1985) — Director
26. Paris s'en va (1981) — Director
27. Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967) — Director
28. Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (1967) — Director
29. The Diversion (1952) — Director
30. Le quadrille (1950) — Director
31. Out 1 (1971) — Director
32. Aux quatre coins (1949) — Director
33. Va savoir+ (2001) — Director
34. Their First Films (2004) — Director
35. Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception (1967) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Paris Belongs to Us (1961) — A man at the party (uncredited)
2. Lumière & Company (1995) — Self
3. The Lovely Month of May (1963) — Self (uncredited)
4. Fool’s Mate (1956) — Narrator (uncredited)
5. Joan the Maid I: The Battles (1994) — Priest (uncredited)
6. Up, Down, Fragile (1995) — Man at Crepe/Hot Dog Stand
7. Merry-Go-Round (1981) — Man entering car (cameo)
8. The Glass Castle (1950) — Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)
9. Short Memory (1982) — Marcel Jaucourt
10. Jacques Rivette, the Watchman (1990) — Self - Director
11. Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur (1967) — Self - Interviewer
12. La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même (1964) — Self
13. Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif (1967) — Self - Interviewer
14. Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke (1970) — Jacques Rivette
15. Reflets de Cannes (1954) — Self
16. Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas (2000) — Self
17. Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception (1967) — Self - Interviewer
18. Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 (1967) — Self
19. Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited (2024) — Self
20. Jean Renoir parle de son art (1961) — Interviewer
21. Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette (2017) — Self
22. Die Geheimnisse von Paris (2012) — Himself
23. Pour le plaisir (1964) — Self