Jean Renoir

@Film Director, Family and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jean Renoir was a French Film director, producer and actor Paris American French Film & Theater Personalities Actors Directors T V & Movie Producers Virgo Celebrities Jean Renoir was a French Film director, producer and actor. He was one of the most famous film makers in France during the mid 1920s. He joined the army as a cavalryman but had to leave because of illness before the beginning of the First World War. Later on he joined the infantry but was wounded and had to leave the infantry too. He next became a pilot in the French air force. After the death of his father who left him with a large inheritance, he started a film production company of his own to make movies for his wife who was a model and an aspiring actress. Both his actress wife and his painter father encouraged Jean to go into films when he was recuperating from a wound from a stray bullet during the war. He started directing films in 1924, acted in some films which starred his wife and also took up the direction of other films produced by others to earn money. During the Second World War Renoir worked in the film unit of the French army and was fortunate to escape from the advancing German troops to Lisbon and then to America when France fell to Germany. His directing talent was due to his uncompromising attitude towards commercial or public conventions and his ability to work in all genres without sacrificing his individuality.

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Birthday: September 15, 1894 Died on: February 12, 1979 Nationality: French, American Famous: Film Director, Producer, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors, T V & Movie Producers City/State: Paris Spouses: Catherine Hessling (1920–1930) Dido Freire, Partner: Marguerite Renoir (1932-1939) Childrens: Alaine Information Detail Birthday September 15, 1894 Died on February 12, 1979 Nationality French, American Famous Film Director, Producer, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors, T V & Movie Producers City/State Paris Spouses Catherine Hessling (1920–1930) Dido Freire, Partner: Marguerite Renoir (1932-1939) Childrens Alaine Birth Place Paris, France Born Country France Gender Male Father Pierre-Auguste Renoir Mother Aline Victorine Charigot Sun Sign Virgo Born in Paris, France Famous as Film Director, Actor, Producer Died at Age 84

Paris, France

Jean Renoir born at Unsplash Birth Place

He married Andree Madeleine Heuschling, his father’s model and an aspiring actress, in January 1920, and divorced her in 1930. He had a son named Alaine with her. Unsplash Personal Life

He married Dido Freire, his secretary, in February 1944. Unsplash Personal Life

Jean Renoir died in Beverly Hills, California, USA, on February 12, 1979, at the age of 84. Unsplash Personal Life

Jean Renoir was born in Paris, France, on September 15, 1894. His father was the famous painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and his mother was Aline Victorine Charigot. He had an elder brother named Pierre and a younger brother named Claude. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He joined the ‘College Saint-Croix’ in 1901, then the ‘Ecole Sainte-Marie de Moneceua’ and finally the ‘Ecole Massena’. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He studied at the ‘University of Aix-en-Provence’ and received his degree in Arts in 1913. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Jean Renoir directed his first moderately successful movie ‘La Fille de l’eau’ in 1924 starring Catherine Hessling (name changed from Andree Heuchling). Unsplash Career

He made ‘Nana’ based on Emile Zola’s book in 1926 but went bankrupt when it flopped at the box office. Unsplash Career

He made ‘Charleston’ in 1927 starring Hessling which was had limited success. He directed a commercial film ‘Marquitta’ the same year. Unsplash Career

Renoir made his next significant film, a military comedy, titled ‘Tire-au-Flanc’ in 1928. Unsplash Career

In the film ‘Crime et chatiment’ or ‘Crime and Punishment’ in 1935, Hessling played the lead role though Renoir and she were separated. Unsplash Career

Jean Renoir wrote ‘La Tosca’ in collaboration with Carl Koch and Luchino Visconti in 1940. Unsplash Major Works

He wrote his father’s biography in 1966. Unsplash Major Works

He wrote his memoirs ‘Ma Viet et mes Films’ or ‘My Lifetime and my Films’ in 1974. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	September 15, 1894
Died on	February 12, 1979
Nationality	French, American
Famous	Film Director, Producer, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors, T V & Movie Producers
City/State	Paris
Spouses	Catherine Hessling (1920–1930) Dido Freire, Partner: Marguerite Renoir (1932-1939)
Childrens	Alaine
Birth Place	Paris, France
Born Country	France
Gender	Male
Father	Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Mother	Aline Victorine Charigot
Sun Sign	Virgo
Born in	Paris, France
Famous as	Film Director, Actor, Producer
Died at Age	84

Jean Renoir

French

Sep 15, 1894

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Paris, France