René Clair

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René Clair was a pioneering French filmmaker and screenwriter known for his innovative early sound films and poetic, whimsical style in classics like "Sous les toits de Paris" and "À nous la liberté."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film director
film producer
human
screenwriter
silent film director
sound film pioneer
activeYearsInFilm 1920s–1960s
awardReceived Légion d'honneur
birthName René-Lucien Chomette
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1898-11-11
dateOfDeath 1981-03-15
directed And Then There Were None
Entr'acte
I Married a Witch
La Beauté du diable
Le Million
Le Silence est d'or
Les Belles de nuit
Sous les toits de Paris
À nous la liberté
electedTo Académie française
genre comedy film
fantasy film
musical film
influenced French New Wave
surface form: French New Wave filmmakers
influencedBy music hall traditions
Surrealism
surface form: surrealism
knownFor innovative use of early sound in cinema
integration of music and ambient sound into narrative
visual inventiveness
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie française
movement French poetic realism
name René Clair self-link
notableWork And Then There Were None
Entr'acte
I Married a Witch
Le Million
Sous les toits de Paris
À nous la liberté
occupation film director
film producer
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Paris
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath Neuilly-sur-Seine
surface form: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
positionHeld member of the Académie française
spouse Bronja Clair
style poetic
surrealist-influenced
whimsical
workedIn British cinema
French cinema
American cinema
surface form: Hollywood cinema

early sound film era
silent film era

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I Married a Witch director René Clair
Le Million director René Clair
Le Million screenwriter René Clair