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Jean Renoir (French pronunciation: [ʁənwaʁ]; 15 September 1894 – 12 February 1979) was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His pictures Grand Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. As an author, he wrote the definitive biography of his father, the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Renoir, My Father (1962). Jean Renoir was dubbed by the BFI’s Sight & Sound poll of Critics as the fourth greatest director of all time.

• Born: 15 September 1894 Paris, France
• Died: 12 February 1979 (aged 84) Beverly Hills, California, United States
• Occupation: Actor, director, screenwriter, producer, author
• Years active: 1924–1978
• Spouse: Catherine Hessling (1920–1930) Dido Freire (1944–1979)

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Movie review: The glorious 'Grand Illusion'
LA Times Entertainme, 2012-05-18 07:00:00
Jean Renoir's 1937 antiwar classic returns to the big screen in a marvelous digital restoration taken from the original camera negative to celebrate its 75th anniversary.Jean Renoir's 1937"Grand Illusion," one of the most admired — and one of the most feared — films ever made, returns to theatrical screens in ...

Renoir’s Vision for a United Europe in ‘Grand Illusion’
NY Times Movies, 2012-05-10 23:09:04
Jean Renoir directed the classic “Grand Illusion” (1937) starring Pierre Fresnay, left, and Erich Von Stroheim.

DVD: Dana Andrews in Jean Renoir’s ‘Swamp Water’ on Blu-ray
NY Times Movies, 2012-03-16 17:49:47
Walter Brennan, left, and Dana Andrews in Jean Renoir's film “Swamp Water” (1941), which was his first American production. The swamp of the title is the Okefenokee.