Jacques Rivette, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacques Rivette

French film director, screenwriter and film critic

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1928

Place of Birth: Rouen, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 29-Jan-2016

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, cinematographer, journalist, film director, film critic, film actor, non-fiction writer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jacques Rivette

  • Jacques Rivette (French: [?ak ?iv?t]; 1 March 1928 – 29 January 2016) was a French film director and film critic most commonly associated with the French New Wave and the film magazine Cahiers du CinĂ©ma.
  • He made twenty-nine films, including L'amour fou (1969), Out 1 (1971), Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), and La Belle Noiseuse (1991).
  • His work is noted for its improvisation, loose narratives, and lengthy running times. Inspired by Jean Cocteau to become a filmmaker, Rivette shot his first short film at age twenty.
  • He moved to Paris to pursue his career, frequenting Henri Langlois' CinĂ©mathèque Française and other cinĂ©-clubs; there, he met François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Éric Rohmer, Claude Chabrol and other future members of the New Wave.
  • Rivette began writing film criticism, and was hired by AndrĂ© Bazin for Cahiers du CinĂ©ma in 1953.
  • In his criticism, he expressed an admiration for American films – especially those of genre directors such as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock and Nicholas Ray – and was deeply critical of mainstream French cinema.
  • Rivette's articles, admired by his peers, were considered the magazine's best and most aggressive writings, particularly his 1961 article "On Abjection" and his influential series of interviews with film directors co-written with Truffaut.
  • He continued making short films, including Le Coup de Berger, which is often cited as the first New Wave film.
  • Truffaut later credited Rivette with developing the movement. Although he was the first New Wave director to begin work on a feature film, Paris Belongs to Us was not released until 1961, by which time Chabrol, Truffaut and Godard released their own first features and popularised the movement worldwide.
  • Rivette became editor of Cahiers du CinĂ©ma during the early 1960s and publicly fought French censorship of his second feature film, The Nun (1966).
  • He then re-evaluated his career, developing a unique cinematic style with L'amour fou.
  • Influenced by the political turmoil of May 68, improvisational theatre and an in-depth interview with filmmaker Jean Renoir, Rivette began working with large groups of actors on character development and allowing events to unfold on camera.
  • This technique led to the thirteen-hour Out 1 which, although rarely screened, is considered a Holy Grail of cinephiles.
  • His films of the 1970s, such as Celine and Julie Go Boating, often incorporated fantasy and were better-regarded.
  • After attempting to make four consecutive films, however, Rivette had a nervous breakdown and his career slowed for several years. During the early 1980s, he began a business partnership with producer Martine Marignac, who produced all his subsequent films.
  • Rivette's output increased from then on, and his film La Belle Noiseuse received international praise.
  • He retired after completing Around a Small Mountain (2009), and it was revealed three years later that he had Alzheimer's disease.
  • Very private about his personal life, Rivette was briefly married to photographer and screenwriter MarilĂą Parolini during the early 1960s and later married VĂ©ronique Manniez.

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