René Clair

Also known as René-Lucien Chomette, Rene Kler, Ren Lucien Chomette, René Chomette, Ren Clair, Rene Clair, Rene-Lucien Chomette, Rene Chomette

French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1898
Died: 1981
Works: 50

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Film & TV

Directing · Paris, France

René Clair was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy. He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade. Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were…

Known for

René Clair, tout entre nous n'était qu'un jeu — Lui-même2021
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol — Self (archive footage)2019
Cinéastes de notre temps : Erich von Stroheim — Self2012
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma — Self (archive footage)1978
Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
Midi trente — Self1972
À la recherche de Jean Grémillon — Self1969
Civilisation: L'homme et les images — Self1967
Laugh with Max Linder — Narrateur (voice)1963
Cinépanorama — Self1956

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: France
Active from: 1898
Active to: 1981

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 126
Total plays: 262

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma
· 2005 · cited 18,374x
Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2018 · cited 10,966x
The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2009 · cited 10,184x
Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,908x
Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer
· 2002 · cited 7,483x

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Key facts

Born: René-Lucien Chomette , ( 1898-11-11 ) 11 November 1898, Paris , France
Died: 15 March 1981 (1981-03-15) (aged 82), Neuilly-sur-Seine , Hauts-de-Seine , Île-de-France , France
Occupations: Director producer writer actor
Years active: 1924–1976
Spouse: Bronia Clair (m.1926)

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Wikidata facts

Image: Rene-Clair-Venise-Mostra-1958.jpg

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Commons category: René Clair
date of birth: 1898-11-11
date of death: 1981-03-15
name in native language: René Clair
start of work period: 1924-00-00

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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).

Early life