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Jacques Rivette
Directing
01 Mar 1928
† 29 Jan 2016
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
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 t...
Also Known As
ジャック・リヴェット, 雅克·里维特, 자크 리베트, 자끄 리베트, 자끄 리베뜨





















