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René Clair

René Clair

French director


Dead at 82 years
Birthday
Friday
He is born 125 years, 4 months and 17 days ago
Death date
Sunday

He is dead since 43 years and 13 days

Cause of death: heart attack

Birthplace
Paris, France
Nationality: french France
Birth sign: Scorpio

René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette, 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 nostalgic view of French life in earlier years. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1960. Clair's best known films include Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (The Italian Straw Hat, 1928), Sous les toits de Paris (Under the Roofs of Paris, 1930), Le Million (1931), À nous la liberté (1931), I Married a Witch (1942), and And Then There Were None (1945).

Source : Wikipedia