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René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy.
René Clair (born Nov. 11, 1898, Paris, France—died March 15, 1981, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French director of silent films and talking pictures, whose productions were noted for humour and burlesque and also often for fantasy or surrealism.
- Barthélemy Amengual
René Chomette, dit René Clair, est un cinéaste, réalisateur, scénariste, parolier et écrivain français, né le 11 novembre 1898 à Paris Ier 1 et mort le 15 mars 1981 à Neuilly-sur-Seine. Il utilise également d'autres pseudonymes, au début de sa vie : René Després comme journaliste et Danceny comme parolier.
- 15 mars 1981 (à 82 ans)Neuilly-sur-Seine
- française
- 11 novembre 1898Paris
- Cimetière ancien de Neuilly-sur-Seine
René Clair (1898-1981) was a French writer and director of silent and sound films. He was known for his comedies, such as Man About Town, Beauties of the Night and The Grand Maneuver, and his adaptations of La Fontaine's fables.
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- Paris, France
- January 1, 1
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
May 23, 2018 · French film director and screenwriter René Clair (1898–1981) was an avant–garde filmmaker known for injecting his art with satiric and surrealist touches.
René Clair Entr'acte 1924. Not on view. Still one of the best-known avant-garde films of the 1920s, Entr’acte was immediately heralded as a “cinematic masterpiece.”
René Clair was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade.
