
Jean Grémillon
Biography
Jean Grémillon was a French film director.
After directing a number of documentaries during the 1920s, many now lost, Grémillon had his first substantial success with the dramatic feature Maldone in 1928. Over the next quarter-century, he directed twenty more feature films, of which he is best known for five made between 1937 and 1944: Gueule d'amour (1937), L'Étrange M. Victor (1938), Remorques (1941), Lumière d'été (1943), and Le Ciel est à vous (1944), all but the first starring Madeleine Renaud.
Grémillon rejected what he referred to as "mechanical naturalism" in favor of "the discovery of that subtlety which the human eye does not perceive directly but which must be shown by establishing the harmonies, the unknown relations, between objects and beings; it is a vivifying, inexhaustible source of images that strike our imaginations and enchant our hearts."
He died on November 25, 1959 in Paris, France.
Acting (1 movie)
Directing (32 movies)

Stormy Waters
1941

Summer Light
1943

The Love of a Woman
1953

White Paws
1949

The Lighthouse Keepers
1929

Lady Killer
1937

Dainah the Mixed
1932

The Woman Who Dared
1944

The Strange Monsieur Victor
1938

Little Lise
1930

Misdeal
1928
La photogénie mécanique
1924

La Dolorosa
1934

Guard! Alert!
1937

The Royal Waltz
1936

The Sixth of June at Dawn
1947

The Strange Madame X
1951

The House of Images
1955

For One Cent's Worth of Love
1932

The Charms of Life
1949
Chartres
1923

André Masson and the Four Elements
1958

Haute-Lisse
1956
Casting Ella Maillart
1926
Essais au bord de la mer
1926
La vie des travailleurs italiens en France
1926

Les pattes de mouche
1936

Gonzague
1934

Alchemy
1952
Astrology or the mirror of life
1952
Les désastres de la guerre
1949

In the Heart of the Ile de France
1954
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Casting Ella Maillart | 1926 | Writer |
| Essais au bord de la mer | 1926 | Writer |
| Misdeal | 1928 | Original Music Composer |
| La Dolorosa | 1934 | Writer |
| Gonzague | 1934 | Screenplay |
| The Sixth of June at Dawn | 1947 | Writer |
| The Charms of Life | 1949 | Screenplay |
| Alchemy | 1952 | Writer |
| The Love of a Woman | 1953 | Writer |
| Haute-Lisse | 1956 | Original Music Composer |
| André Masson and the Four Elements | 1958 | Screenplay |