As Actor
What Is Cinema?
2013
6.4
Robert Bresson
Acting
Birth date
September 25, 1901
Birth place
Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
Death date
December 18, 1999
Biography
Robert Bresson (25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French film director. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson contributed notably to the art of cinema; his non-professional actors, ellipses, and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of minimalist film. Bresson is among the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time. He has the most number (seven) of films in the Top 250 list of greatest films ever made published by Sight and Sound in 2012. His works A Man Escaped (1956), Pickpocket (1959) and Au hasard Balthazar (1966) were ranked among the 100 greatest films ever made in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll. Other films of his, such as Mouchette (1967) and L'Argent (1983), also received many votes. Jean-Luc Godard once wrote, "He is the French cinema, as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music." Source: Wikipedia
Featured in
As Director, As Writer
L'Argent
1983
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Four Nights of a Dreamer
1972
7.1
As Actor
Au Hasard Bresson
1967
5.2
As Director, As Writer
Mouchette
1967
7.5
As Director, As Writer
Au Hasard Balthazar
1966
7.6
As Director, As Writer
The Trial of Joan of Arc
1963
7.2
As Director, As Writer
Angels of Sin
1943
6.9
As Writer
Southern Carrier
1937
6.0