Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir was born in Paris on 15 September 1894, the second son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He enlisted in the cavalry in 1914, was wounded in the leg, and then transferred to reconnaissance aviation. After the war he tried his hand at ceramics, then came to cinema, financing his first films by selling his father's paintings. He left France in 1940 for the United States, whose nationality he took, and spent his last years in California. He died in Beverly Hills on 12 February 1979.

In the catalogue 2

• CinemaLa Bête humaineJean Renoir · 1938Cinema
• CinemaThe Rules of the GameLa Règle du jeuJean Renoir · 1939Cinema