FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Bresson

1901 - 1999

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Robert Bresson (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ bʁɛsɔ̃]; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of minimalist film. Much of his work is known for being tragic in story and nature. Bresson is among the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Bresson is the 83rd most popular film director (up from 94th in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from France (up from 720th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Film Director.

Robert Bresson is most famous for his minimalist style of filmmaking, which is often described as "austere." He was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Bresson ranks 83 out of 2,041. Before him are Tony Scott, Agnès Varda, Dziga Vertov, Alain Resnais, Franco Zeffirelli, and Alan Parker. After him are Peter Brook, Ernst Lubitsch, Fred Zinnemann, Howard Hawks, James Ivory, and Terry Gilliam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Robert Bresson ranks 41. Before him are Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Henning von Tresckow, Salvatore Quasimodo, Margaret Mead, and Andrey Vlasov. After him are Arthur Liebehenschel, José Leandro Andrade, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Jascha Heifetz, Alfred Tarski, and Jaroslav Seifert. Among people deceased in 1999, Robert Bresson ranks 19. Before him are Amália Rodrigues, Yehudi Menuhin, Raisa Gorbacheva, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Wassily Leontief, and Anatoliy Solovianenko. After him are Willi Stoph, Glenn T. Seaborg, Wilt Chamberlain, Georgios Papadopoulos, Joe DiMaggio, and Trygve Haavelmo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Bresson ranks 689 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Bocuse (1926), Marin Marais (1656), Jean Jaurès (1859), Peter the Hermit (1050), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), and Judith of Bavaria (797). After him are Marie Tussaud (1761), Adam de la Halle (1245), Hugh the Great (898), Gaston Leroux (1868), Jacques Anquetil (1934), and Yolande de Polastron (1749).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Robert Bresson ranks 12. Before him are Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Éric Rohmer (1920), William Wyler (1902), Claude Chabrol (1930), Luc Besson (1959), and Alain Resnais (1922). After him are René Clair (1898), Jacques Audiard (1952), Jacques Tati (1907), Claude Lelouch (1937), René Clément (1913), and Jean-Pierre Melville (1917).

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