René Clair
Biography
René Clair (French: [ʁəne klɛʁ]; 11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette ([ʁəne lysjɛ̃ ʃɔmɛt]), was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films which often featured fantasy comedy themes. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the United Kingdom and the United States for more than a decade. Returning to France in the aftermath of World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years. He was elected to the Académie Française in 1960. Clair's best known films include Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (The Italian Straw Hat, 1928), Sous les toits de Paris (Under the Roofs of Paris, 1930), Le Million (1931), À nous la liberté (1931), I Married a Witch (1942), and And Then There Were None (1945).
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
242 releases · 64 albums · active 1955–2020
- Performance · 242
- Other credits · 13
Studios: Studios Ferber · Studio Europa Sonor · Studio Du Palais Des Congrès · Sun Studios, Paris
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Charles Aznavour
- Maurice Chevalier
- Michel Legrand Et Sa Grande Formation
- Jula De Palma
- Colette Renard
- Magali Noël
- Jacqueline François