Eric Rohmer Biography (1920?-)

Original name, Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer; born December 1, 1920 (some sources say April 4, 1920, March 21, 1920, or April 14, 1923) in Nancy (some sources say Tulle), Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; son of Lucien and Mathilde (maiden name, Bucher) Scherer; married Theresa Barbet, 1957 (some sources say 1959); children: two sons. Addresses: Office: Les Films du Losange,22 avenue pierre, le-de-Serbie, France.

Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, writer, editor, actor
Birth Details: December 1, 1920?; Nancy, France

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
Journal d'un scelerat, 1950
Les petites filles modeles (also known as The Model Little Girls), Guy de Ray and Joseph Keke, 1952
Berenice, 1954
La sonate a Kreutzer (also known as The Kreutzer Sonata), Jean-Luc Godard, 1956
Veronique et son cancre, 1958
(With Paul Gegauff) Le signe du lion, Connoisseur, 1959, releasedin the United States as The Sign of Leo, 1959
(As Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer) Presentation ou Charlotte et son steak (also known as Charlotte and Her Steak), Guy de Ray, 1960
Nadja a Paris, 1964
Une etudiante d'aujourd'hui, 1966
Fermiere a Montfaucon (also known as Farm Woman of Montfaucon), Les Films du Losange, 1968
The Marquise of O ... (originally released as Die Marquise vonO ... and The Marquise of O), New Line Cinema, 1976
Perceval (originally released as Perceval le Gallois and Il fuorilegge), New Yorker, 1978
Loup y es-tu (also known as Wolf, Are You There?), 1983
Full Moon in Paris (originally released as Les nuits de la pleine lune), Orion Classics, 1984
Summer (originally released as Le rayon vert and The Green Ray), Orion Classics, 1985
Bois ton cafe, il va etre froid, 1986
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (originally released asQuatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle), New Yorker, 1987
Boyfriends and Girlfriends (originally released as L'ami de monamie and My Girlfriend's Boyfriend), Orion Classics, 1987
Conte de printemps (also known as Contes des quatre saisons: Conte de printemps) Les Films du Losange, 1989, released in the United States as A Tale of Springtime (also known as Tales of Four Seasons), Orion Classics, 1991
Conte d'hiver (also known as A Tale of Winter and A Winter's Tale), Les Films du Losange, 1992
L'arbe, le maire et la mediatheque (also known as The Tree, theMayor and the Mediatheque, Les sept hasards, and L'arbre, le maire et la mediatheque ou les sept hasards), Les Films du Losange, 1993
Les rendez-vous de Paris (also known as Rendezvous in Paris), 1995
Conte d'ete (also known as A Summer's Tale), 1996
Conte d'automne (also known as Autumn Tale), October Films,1998
L'anglaise et le duc (also known as The Lady and the Duke and L'angalise & le duc), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
Triple Agent, Rezo Films, 2003
"Six Moral Tales" Series
La boulangere de Monceau (also known as The Baker of Monceau, The Baker's Girl of Monceau, and The Girl at the Monceau Bakery), Les Films du Losange, 1962
La carriere de Suzanne (also known as The Career of Suzanne), Les Films de Losange, 1963
La collectionneuse (also known as The Collecting Woman, The Collector, and Six contes moraux IV: La collectionneuse), LesFilms du Losange and Rome/Paris Films, 1966, released in the United States byPathe Contemporary, 1967
Ma nuit chez Maud, Les Films du Losange, 1969, released in the United States as My Night at Maud's (also known as My Night with Maud), Pathe Contemporary, 1970
Le genou de Claire, Les Films du Losange, 1970, released in the United States as Claire's Knee, Columbia, 1971
Chloe in the Afternoon (originally released as L'amour, L'apres-midi and Love in the Afternoon), Columbia, 1972
"Comedies and Proverbs" Series
La femme de l'aviateur (also known as La femme de l'aviateur ou"on ne saurait penser a rien"), Les Films du Losange, 1980, released inthe United States as The Aviator's Wife, New Yorker, 1981
Le beau mariage (also known as A Good Marriage, The Perfect Marriage, and The Well-Made Marriage), United Artists Classics, 1982
Pauline at the Beach (originally released as Pauline a la plage), Orion Classics, 1983
Film Work
Other
Editor, La boulangere de Monceau (also known as The Baker of Monceau, The Baker's Girl of Monceau, and The Girl at the MonceauBakery), 1963
Producer, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (originally released as Quatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle), New Yorker, 1987
Technical advisor (artistic), Les pyramides bleues, 1988
Producer, Conte d'automne (also known as Autumn Tale), October Films, 1998
Technical advisor, La cambrure (short film), 1999
Film Appearances
Aegeus, Berenice, 1954
Professor Scherer, Brigitte et Brigitte, 1966
(Uncredited) Le professeur balzacien, Out 1 (also known as Out1: Noli me tangere), 1971
Out 1: Spectre (also known as Out One), 1972
(Uncredited) Russian soldier, Die Marquise von O ... (also known as La Marquise d'O ... and The Marquise of O), 1976
Justocoeur, 1980
Chasse-croise, 1982
(Uncredited) Man in supermarket, 4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (also known as Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle), 1987
Francois Truffaut: Portraits voles (also known as Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits), Myriad Pictures, 1993
Himself, Citizen Langlois, 1994

Television Director
Movies
Entretien sur Pascal, 1965
Specials
Les metamorphoses du paysage industriel, 1964
Perceval ou Le conte du Graal, 1965
Les histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe, 1965
Don Quichotte, 1965
Cinema de notre temps: Carl Th. Dreyer (also known as Carl Th.Dreyer), 1965
Le celluloid et la marbre, 1965
Les caracteres de la bruyere, 1965
Entretien sur Pascal, 1965
Victor Hugo: Les contemplations (Livre V-V), 1966
Mallarme, 1968
Louis Lumiere, 1968
Victor Hugo architecte, 1969
La beton dans la ville, 1969
Catherine de Heilbronn, 1980
Les jeux de societe, 1989
Also directed Les cabinets de physique au XVIII siecle; Le breton.
Episodic
"Place de l'etoile," Paris vu Par ... (also known as Six in Paris), 1965
Also directed Cineastes de notre temps.
Television Appearances
Series
Himself, Histoire du cinema francais par ceux qui l'ont fait, 1974
Specials
Recitant, Victor Hugo architecte, 1969
Himself, Eric Rohmer, preuves a l'appui, 1994
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Journal d'un scelerat, 1950
Les petites filles modeles (also known as The Model Little Girls), Guy de Ray and Joseph Keke, 1952
Berenice (adapted from the story by Edgar Allan Poe), 1954
La sonate a Kreutzer (also known as The Kreutzer Sonata), Jean-Luc Godard, 1956
Veronique et son cancre, 1958
(With Paul Gegauff) Le signe du lion, Connoisseur, 1959, releasedin the United States as The Sign of Leo, 1959
Charlotte et Veronique, ou tous les garcons s'appellent Patrick (also known as All the Boys Are Called Patrick), 1959
Presentation ou Charlotte et son steak (also known as Charlotteand Her Steak), Guy de Ray, 1960
Nadja a Paris, 1964
Une etudiante d'aujourd'hui (also known as The Student of Today), Les Films du Losange, 1966
Fermiere a Montfaucon (also known as Farm Woman of Montfaucon), Les Films du Losange, 1968
The Marquise of O ... (originally released as Die Marquise vonO ... and The Marquise of O; adapted from the story by Heinrich von Kleist), New Line Cinema, 1976
Perceval (originally released as Perceval le Gallois and Il fuorilegge; adapted from the epic by Chretien de Troyes), New Yorker,1978
Loup y es-tu (title means "Wolf, Are You There?"), 1983
Full Moon in Paris (originally released as Les nuits de la pleine lune), Orion classics, 1984
Summer (originally released as Le rayon vert and The Green Ray), Orion Classics, 1985
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (originally released asQuatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle), New Yorker, 1987
L'ami de mon amie (also known as My Girlfriend's Boyfriendand Boyfriends and Girlfriends), 1987
Conte de printemps (also known as Contes des quatre saisons: Conte de printemps), Les Films du Losange, 1989, released in the United States as A Tale of Springtime (also known as Tales of Four Seasons), Orion Classics, 1991
Conte d'hiver (also known as A Tale of Winter and A Winter's Tale), Les Films du Losange, 1992
Le arbe, le maire et la mediatheque (also known as The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque and L'arbre, le maire et la mediatheque oules sept hasards), Les Films du Losange, 1993
Les rendez-vous de Paris (also known as Rendezvous in Paris), 1995
Conte d'ete (also known as A Summer's Tale), 1996
Conte d'automne (also known as Autumn Tale), October Films,1998
L'anglaise et le duc (also known as The Lady and the Duke and L'anglaise & le duc), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
Triple agent, Rezo Films, 2003
"Six Moral Tales" Series
La boulangere de Monceau (also known as The Baker of Monceau, The Baker's Girl of Monceau, and The Girl at the Monceau Bakery), Les Films du Losange, 1962
La carriere de Suzanne (also known as The Career of Suzanne), Les Films du Losange, 1963
La collectionneuse (also known as The Collecting Woman andSix contes moraux IV: La collectionneuse), Les Films du Losange and Rome/Paris Films, 1966, released in the United States by Pathe Contemporary, 1967
Ma nuit chez Maud, Les Films du Losange, 1969, released in the United States as My Night at Maud's (also known as My Night with Maud), Pathe Contemporary, 1970
Le genou de Claire, Les Films du Losange, 1970, released in the United States as Claire's Knee, Columbia, 1971
Chloe in the Afternoon (originally released as L'amour, l'apres-midi and Love in the Afternoon), Columbia, 1972
"Comedies and Proverbs" Series
La femme de l'aviateur (also known as La femme de l'aviateur ou"on ne saurait penser a rien"), Les Films du Losange, 1980, released inthe United States as The Aviator's Wife, New Yorker, 1981
Le beau mariage (also known as The Perfect Marriage, A Good Marriage, and The Well-Made Marriage), United Artists Classics, 1982
Pauline at the Beach (originally released as Pauline a la plage), Orion Classics, 1983
Television Specials
Catherine de Heilbronn, 1980
Television Writing
Writer of educational films for French television, including Les cabinets de physique au XVIII siecle, Les metamorphoses du paysage industriel, Perceval ou le cone du graal, Don Quichotte, Les histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe, Les caracteres de lu bruyere, Mallarme, Hugo architecte, Louis Lumiere, Le Breton, and Carl Dreyer: Le celluloid et la marbre, 1964-1969.
Television Episodes
"Place de l'etoile," Paris vu Par ... (also known as Six in Paris), 1965
Also wrote episodes of Cineastes de notre temps.
Books
(Under pseudonym Gilbert Cordier) Elisabeth, Gallimard, 1946
(With Claude Chabrol) Hitchcock, Editions universitaires, 1957, translation by Stanley Hochman, published as Hitchcock: The First Forty-fourFilms, Ungar, 1979
Six contes moraux, L'Herne, 1972, translation published as SixMoral Tales, Viking, 1977
(With Andre Bazin) Charlie Chaplin, Cerf, 1973
The New Wave, Oxford University Press, 1976
L'organisation de l'espace dans le Faust de Murnau (title means "The Organization of Space in F. W. Murnau's Faust"), Union generale d'editions, 1977
The Marquis of O, 1985
Le gout de la beaute, edited by Jean Narboni, 1989, translation published as The Taste for Beauty, Cambridge University Press, 1990
Also author, under pseudonym Gilbert Cordier, of Les vacances. Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Film Quarterly, Sight and Sound, Cinema, and Positif.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Angeli, G., Eric Rohmer, Milan, 1979
Contemporary Authors, Volume 110, Gale, 1984
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 16, Gale, 1981
Esteve, Michel, Eric Rohmer 2, 1986
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996
Magny, Joel, Eric Rohmer, 1986

Periodicals

Film Comment, September/October 1996, p. 14
Insight on the News, 199, September 13, p. 29
Interview, July, 1998, p. 64
Variety, August 27, 2001, p. S7

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