Son of the famous painter, Jean Renoir began filmmaking during the silent era but came into his own with intricate character and social dramas in the early 30s. After producing his masterpieces--The Grand Illusion (1937) and Rules of the Game...
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Son of the famous painter, Jean Renoir began filmmaking during the silent era but came into his own with intricate character and social dramas in the early 30s. After producing his masterpieces--The Grand Illusion (1937) and Rules of the Game (1939)--and the onset of WWII, he left to find work in Hollywood and created a handful of movies in English. He returned to France in the 1950s. His best films from this period were The River and Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (1959).