1954Nominee
Best Performance
Bérénice
Jacques Rivette
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
March 1, 1928
Biography
Jacques Rivette (March 1, 1928 - January 29, 2016) was a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette was one of the more experimental of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) directors. In common with many of his peers, he had a background in film criticism, where he expressed his admiration for popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich, Howard Hawks and Frank Tashlin. Rivette's films progress in unconventional ways—often following multiple plots that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation—and are often extremely long.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1991Nominee
Best Director
La Belle Noiseuse
1974Nominee
Best Director
Céline and Julie Go Boating
Career Highlights
1950Highlight
Best Director
Le quadrille
2001Highlight
Best Writing
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)
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La Belle Noiseuse
Céline and Julie Go Boating
Va Savoir (Who Knows?)