René Clair

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René Clair

Born 1898-11-11 Paris, France 8 films

René Clair was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nost…

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Filmography

8 films
Parisette poster

This twelve-part melodrama details the intertwined fates of a Portuguese nobleman, a Carmelite nun,…

Parisette

★ 7.0 1921

Lily of Life poster

Loie Fuller, in her 1920 feature-length film Le Lys de la vie, […] explored the new technique for p…

Lily of Life

★ 7.0 1920