FILM DIRECTOR

Jacques Rivette

1928 - 2016

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Jacques Rivette (French: [ʒak ʁivɛt]; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma. He made twenty-nine films, including L'Amour fou (1969), Out 1 (1971), Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), and La Belle Noiseuse (1991). His work is noted for its improvisation, loose narratives, and lengthy running times. Inspired by Jean Cocteau to become a filmmaker, Rivette shot his first short film at age twenty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Rivette is the 165th most popular film director (up from 175th in 2019), the 1,147th most popular biography from France (down from 1,123rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Film Director.

Jacques Rivette is most famous for being a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jacques Rivette ranks 165 out of 2,041. Before him are Josef von Sternberg, Peter Weir, Lewis Milestone, Louis Malle, Jean Vigo, and Claude Lanzmann. After him are Vsevolod Meyerhold, Kim Ki-duk, Jan Švankmajer, Ettore Scola, Tom Holland, and Max Ophüls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jacques Rivette ranks 63. Before him are Daniel Nathans, Osamu Shimomura, Hardy Krüger, Reynaldo Bignone, Karlheinz Böhm, and Takeshi Inoue. After him are Ján Zachara, Geert Hofstede, Alan J. Pakula, James Garner, Pat Hitchcock, and Hannah Pick-Goslar. Among people deceased in 2016, Jacques Rivette ranks 66. Before him are Ray Tomlinson, Michèle Morgan, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Marvin Minsky, Sonia Rykiel, and René Angélil. After him are Ettore Scola, Věra Čáslavská, George Martin, Hilary Putnam, Michel Galabru, and Iolanda Balaș.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Rivette ranks 1,147 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Édouard Vuillard (1868), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Jacques Hébert (1757), and Jean de Béthencourt (1362). After him are André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Paul Landowski (1875), Balthus (1908), Joachim du Bellay (1522), Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818), and Louis Jacques Thénard (1777).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Jacques Rivette ranks 26. Before him are Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Marcel Carné (1906), Abel Gance (1889), Louis Malle (1932), Jean Vigo (1905), and Claude Lanzmann (1925). After him are Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Jacques Demy (1931), Bertrand Blier (1939), Julien Duvivier (1896), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), and Patrice Chéreau (1944).

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