Jacques Rivette
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1 March 1928 · Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
- Died
- 29 January 2016
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.
Known for
Writing 26
- 2025Film Study 01 · original story
- 2009Around a Small Mountain · screenplay
- 2007The Duchess of Langeais · writer
- 2003The Story of Marie and Julien · writer
- 2001Va savoir+ · writer
- 2001Va Savoir (Who Knows?) · scenario writer
- 1998Secret Defense · scenario writer
- 1995Up, Down, Fragile · writer
- 1992La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento · writer
- 1991La Belle Noiseuse · screenplay
- 1990Out 1 · writer
- 1989Gang of Four · scenario writer
- 1985Wuthering Heights · screenplay
- 1984Love on the Ground · writer
- 1982Le Pont du Nord · scenario writer
- 1981Merry-Go-Round · writer
- 1981Paris s'en va · writer
- 1976Noroît (Une Vengeance) · dialogue
- 1976Duelle (Une Quarantaine) · writer
- 1974Céline and Julie Go Boating · scenario writer
- 1973Out 1: Spectre · writer
- 1969L'Amour fou · dialogue
- 1967The Nun · writer
- 1961Paris Belongs to Us · writer
- 1956Fool’s Mate · writer
- 1949Aux quatre coins · writer
Acting 21
- 2024Cinema Redefined: Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou Revisited as Self
- 2017Conversation entre Jean-Luc Godard et Jacques Rivette as Self
- 2012Die Geheimnisse von Paris as Himself
- 2000Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas as Self
- 1995Lumière & Company as Self
- 1995Up, Down, Fragile as Man at Crepe/Hot Dog Stand
- 1994Joan the Maid I: The Battles as Priest (uncredited)
- 1990Jacques Rivette, the Watchman as Self - Director
- 1982Short Memory as Marcel Jaucourt
- 1981Merry-Go-Round as Man entering car (cameo)
- 1970Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke as Jacques Rivette
- 1967Festivals 66 Cinéma 67 as Self
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception as Self - Interviewer
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur as Self - Interviewer
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif as Self - Interviewer
- 1964La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même as Self
- 1963The Lovely Month of May as Self (uncredited)
- 1961Paris Belongs to Us as A man at the party (uncredited)
- 1961Jean Renoir parle de son art as Interviewer
- 1956Fool’s Mate as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1950The Glass Castle as Un voyageur qui sort de la Gare de l'Est (uncredited)
Directing 34
- 2009Around a Small Mountain · director
- 2007The Duchess of Langeais · director
- 2004Their First Films · director
- 2003The Story of Marie and Julien · director
- 2001Va savoir+ · director
- 2001Va Savoir (Who Knows?) · director
- 1998Secret Defense · director
- 1995Lumière & Company · director
- 1995Up, Down, Fragile · director
- 1994Joan the Maid II: The Prisons · director
- 1994Joan the Maid I: The Battles · director
- 1992La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento · director
- 1991La Belle Noiseuse · director
- 1990Out 1 · director
- 1989Gang of Four · director
- 1985Wuthering Heights · director
- 1984Love on the Ground · director
- 1982Le Pont du Nord · director
- 1981Merry-Go-Round · director
- 1981Paris s'en va · director
- 1976Noroît (Une Vengeance) · director
- 1976Duelle (Une Quarantaine) · director
- 1974Céline and Julie Go Boating · director
- 1973Out 1: Spectre · director
- 1969L'Amour fou · director
- 1967The Nun · director
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception · director
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur · director
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif · director
- 1961Paris Belongs to Us · director
- 1956Fool’s Mate · director
- 1952The Diversion · director
- 1950Le quadrille · director
- 1949Aux quatre coins · director
art 1
- 1990Out 1 · set designer
Production 3
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception · producer
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 2e partie: La direction d'acteur · producer
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 1re partie: La recherche du relatif · producer
Camera 3
- 1956The Kreutzer Sonata · director of photography
- 1954Bérénice · director of photography
- 1949Aux quatre coins · director of photography
Editing 1
- 1954Bérénice · editor