Jean-Pierre Melville
Birthday
1917-10-20
Death date
1973-08-02
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Biography:
Jean-Pierre Melville, born Jean-Pierre Grumbach (October 20, 1917 – August 2, 1973), was a French filmmaker. While with the French Resistance during World War II, he adopted the pseudonym Melville as a tribute to his favorite American author, Herman Melville. He kept it as his stage name once the war was over.
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