AKA: Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, Gilbert Cordier, Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer
Nationality: French
Birthdate: 04/04/1920
Birthplace: Nancy, France
biography
Along with Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette and Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer was one of the founding contributors to the influential film magazine, Cahiers du Cinema, where he also served as editor from 1956 to 1963. Born Jean-Marie Scherer, he had written a novel during the Occupation under the name Gilbert Cordier and went on to write film criticism in the 1950s under the name Eric Rohmer. Among his critical writings were a monograph on Alfred Hitchcock (co-written by Chabrol) and a dissertation on F.W. Murnau, whose "rich imagination" he expressly admires.Rohmer tested his
