Jean Renoir, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Renoir

French film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1894

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1979

Profession: screenwriter, actor, author, film director, film producer, film editor, film actor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jean Renoir (French: [??nwa?]; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author.
As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s.
His films La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made.
He was ranked by the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of critics in 2002 as the fourth greatest director of all time.
Among numerous honors accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975 for his contribution to the motion picture industry.
Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
He was one of the first filmmakers to be known as an auteur.