Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)

Jean Renoir

French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979)

Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. His La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. In 2002, he was ranked fourth on the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of the…