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Alain Resnais Biography (1922-)

Born June 3, 1922, in Vannes, France; son of Pierre and Jeanne (Gachet) Resnais; married Florence Malraux, October 7, 1969. Addresses: HOME--70 ruedes Plantes, 75014 Paris, France. OFFICE--Artmedia, 10 avenue George V, 75008 Paris, France.

Nationality

French

Gender

Male

Birth Details

June 3, 1922

Vannes, France

Famous Works

• Credits
• FIRST FILM WORK--Lighting cameraman, Le Sommeil d'Albertine, 1945.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Director, Ouvert pour cause d'inventaire, 1946; director, film shorts about artists: Visite a Lucien Coutaud, Visite a Felix Labisse, Visite a Hans Hartung, Visite a Cesar Domela, Visite a Oscar Dominguez, Portrait d'Henri Goetz, La Bague, and Journee naturell, all 1947; director, cinematographer, and editor, L'Alcool tue, 1947; editor, Paris 1900, 1947; director, cinematographer, and editor, Les jardins de Paris, 1948; director, cinematographer, and editor, Chateaux de France, 1948; director and editor, Van Gogh, 1948; co-director, Malfray, 1948; co-director (with Robert Hessens) and co-editor, Guernica,1950; director and editor, Gauguin, 1950; editor, Saint-Tropez, devior de vacances, 1952; co-director (with Chris Marker) and co-editor, Les Statues meurent aussi (The Statues Also Die), 1953; director, Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog), 1955; editor, La Pointe courte, 1956; director and editor, Toute lamemoire du monde, 1956; co-director, Le Mystere de l'Atelier Quinze, 1957; editor, L'Oeil du maitre, 1957; editor, Broadway by Light, 1957; director and editor, Le Chant de Styrene, 1958; editor, Paris a l'automne, 1958; director,Hiroshima, mon amour, 1959; director, L'Annee derniere a Marienbad (Last Yearat Marienbad), 1961; director, Muriel, ou le temps d'un retour, 1963; director, La Guerre est finie (The War Is Over), 1966; co-director (with Jean Luc-Godard), Loin du Viet-Nam (Far from Vietnam), 1967; director, Je t'aime, je t'aime, 1968; director, Stavisky, 1974; director, Providence, 1977; director,Mon Oncle d'Amerique, 1980; director, La Vie est un roman, 1983; director, L'amour a mort, 1984.
• Writings;SCREENPLAYS
• Chateaux de France, 1948.
• co-writer, Les Statues meurent aussi (The Statues Also Die), 1953; co-writer, Je t'aime, je t'aime, 1968.