Robert Bresson

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1901-09-25

Deathday 1999-12-18 (98 years old)

Place of Birth Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France

Also Known As ロベール・ブレッソン, 로베르 브레송, Робер Брессон, 로버트 브레송

Robert Bresson

Biography

Robert Bresson (25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of minimalist film. Bresson is among the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time. He has the most number (seven) of films in the Top 250 list of greatest films ever made published by Sight and Sound in 2012. His works A Man Escaped (1956), Pickpocket (1959) and Au hasard Balthazar (1966) were ranked among the 100 greatest films ever made in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll. Other films of his, such as Mouchette (1967) and L'Argent (1983), also received many votes. Jean-Luc Godard once wrote, "He is the French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music." Source: Wikipedia

Known For

Director

1983
L'Argent

as Director

1977
1974
1971
1969
A Gentle Woman

as Director

1967
Mouchette

as Director

1966
1963
1959
Pickpocket

as Director

1956
A Man Escaped

as Director

1943
Angels of Sin

as Director

1934

Writer

1983
L'Argent

as Writer

1977
The Devil, Probably

as Screenplay

1974
Lancelot of the Lake

as Screenplay

1969
A Gentle Woman

as Writer

1967
Mouchette

as Screenplay

1966
1963
1959
Pickpocket

as Screenplay

1956
A Man Escaped

as Dialogue

1956
A Man Escaped

as Scenario Writer

1956
A Man Escaped

as Writer

1951
1951
1945
1943
Angels of Sin

as Writer

1937
Southern Carrier

as Screenplay

1936
The Twins of Brighton

as Scenario Writer

1934