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Jean Renoir

1894 - 1979

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Jean Renoir (French: [ʁənwaʁ]; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. In 2002, he was ranked fourth on the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of the greatest directors. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Renoir is the 150th most popular actor, the 374th most popular biography from France (down from 360th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Actor.

Jean Renoir is most famous for his films, such as La Grande Illusion and The Rules of the Game.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean Renoir ranks 150 out of 13,578Before him are Mel Gibson, Monica Bellucci, Michael York, Demi Moore, Susan Sarandon, and Rita Hayworth. After him are Irene Papas, Spencer Tracy, Robert Shaw, Rutger Hauer, Christoph Waltz, and Ava Gardner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Jean Renoir ranks 10Before him are Gavrilo Princip, Aldous Huxley, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Georges Lemaître, and Boris III of Bulgaria. After him are Maximilian Kolbe, John Ford, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Joseph Roth, Norbert Wiener, and Fritz Sauckel. Among people deceased in 1979, Jean Renoir ranks 11Before him are Giuseppe Meazza, John Wayne, Ernst Chain, Nino Rota, Dennis Gabor, and Herbert Marcuse. After him are Jean Monnet, Sándor Kocsis, Talcott Parsons, Nadia Boulanger, Mika Waltari, and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Renoir ranks 374 out of 6,770Before him are François Mauriac (1885), Henri Charrière (1906), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), Claude of France (1499), René Goscinny (1926), and Marguerite de Navarre (1492). After him are Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), Colette (1873), André Malraux (1901), and Matilda of Boulogne (1103).

Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Jean Renoir ranks 10Before him are Louis de Funès (1914), Sarah Bernhardt (1844), Gérard Depardieu (1948), Catherine Deneuve (1943), Jean Marais (1913), and Jean Gabin (1904). After him are Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), Fernandel (1903), Jeanne Moreau (1928), Gérard Philipe (1922), Anouk Aimée (1932), and Leslie Caron (1931).