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Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. His works include the crime dramas Bob le flambeur (1956), Le Doulos (1962), Le Samouraï (1967), and Le Cercle Rouge (1970), and the war films Le Silence de la mer (1949) and Army of Shadows (1969).
Melville's subject matter and approach to filmmaking was heavily influenced by his service in the French Resistance during World War II, during which he adopted the pseudonym 'Melville' as a tribute to his favorite American author Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over.
His sparse, existentialist but stylish approach to film noir and later neo-noir films, many of them in the crime dramas, have been highly influential to future generations of filmmakers. Roger Ebert appraised him as "one of the greatest directors."
The roles that explain the career.
36 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Code Name: Melville | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1972 | Un Flic | Director | Film |
| 1972 | Un Flic | Writer | Film |
| 1970 | Le Cercle Rouge | Director | Film |
| 1970 | Le Cercle Rouge | Writer | Film |
| 1969 | Army of Shadows | Director | Film |
| 1967 | Le Samouraï | Director | Film |
| 1966 | Le Deuxième Souffle | Director | Film |
| 1966 | Le Deuxième Souffle | Writer | Film |
| 1963 | Bluebeard | Clemenceau's Aide | Film |
| 1963 | Magnet of Doom | Director | Film |
| 1962 | Le Combat dans l'île | Un membre de l'organisation (uncredited) | Film |
| 1962 | Sign of the Lion | Un Consommateur (uncredited) | Film |
| 1962 | Le Doulos | Director | Film |
| 1961 | Léon Morin, Priest | Director | Film |
| 1961 | Léon Morin, Priest | Writer | Film |
| 1960 | Breathless | Parvulesco the Writer | Film |
| 1959 | Two Men in Manhattan | Moreau | Film |
| 1959 | Two Men in Manhattan | Director | Film |
| 1959 | Two Men in Manhattan | Writer | Film |
| 1957 | A Girl in a Pocket | Commissioner | Film |
| 1956 | Bob le Flambeur | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1956 | Bob le Flambeur | Director | Film |
| 1956 | Bob le Flambeur | Writer | Film |
| 1956 | Bob le Flambeur | Producer | Film |
| 1953 | When You Read This Letter | Director | Film |
| 1953 | When You Read This Letter | Producer | Film |
| 1950 | Orpheus | Hotel Manager (uncredited) | Film |
| 1950 | The Strange Ones | Director | Film |
| 1950 | The Strange Ones | Writer | Film |
| 1950 | The Strange Ones | Producer | Film |
| 1949 | The Silence of the Sea | Director | Film |
| 1949 | The Silence of the Sea | Executive Producer | Film |
| 1946 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown | Narrator (uncredited) | Film |
| 1946 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown | Director | Film |
| 1946 | 24 Hours in the Life of a Clown | Producer | Film |
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