Jean Renoir

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Nationality: French
Birthdate: 09/15/1894
Birthplace: Montmartre, Paris, France
Death Date: 02/12/1979

biography

Renoir is arguably the greatest artist that the cinema has ever known, simply because he was able to work effectively in virtually all genres without sacrificing his individuality or bowing to public or commercial conventions. Although the son of the famed impressionist painter Auguste Renoir, his visual sensibility was entirely his own, and the technical facility that marks his films is the result of long and assiduous study.

Renoir's first serious interest in cinema developed during a period of recuperation after he had been wounded by a stray bullet while serving with the Alpine infantry in Continued

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Enlisted in Chasseurs Alpins, served in WW I as second lieutenant and with Flying Corps as pilot
1924 
First film as producer, writer, actor and co-director "Catherine/Un Vie sans joie"
1924 
Sole directing debut with "La Fille de l'eau"
1925 
Opened art gallery
1926 
Directed first Franco-German collaboration "Nana"
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