Jacques Rivette

Birthday: 3/1/1928
Deathday: 1/29/2016
Place of birth: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: ジャック・リヴェット, 雅克·里维特, 자크 리베트, 자끄 리베트, 자끄 리베뜨

Biography

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.