Jean Renoir

Jean Renoir
Cal Montney / Los Angeles Times

Stars

Jean Renoir
Film: South side of the 6200 block of Hollywood Boulevard
Director | Journalist | Screenwriter
Born Sept. 15, 1894 in Paris, France
Died Feb. 12, 1979 of coronary occlusion in Benedict Canyon, Calif.

Jean Renoir was the French writer-director of such highly acclaimed films as "The Grand Illusion" (1937) and "The Rules of the Game" (1939).

Renoir was considered one of the film world's foremost auteur directors, a filmmaker whose indelible imprint of style and intent is evident in all his films. Son of French impressionist painter Auguste Renoir, he was made an officer of the French Legion of Honor in 1976 and received an honorary Oscar in 1975.

In a career that spanned half a century, Renoir made more than 30 films, working in France and the United States. His early films, which also included "La Chien" (1931), "Night at the Crossroads" (1932) and "The Human Beast" (1939), were generally considered by critics and other filmmakers to be his best. Renoir continued working in Hollywood after his voluntary exile from France during the Nazi occupation of 1941.

Renoir was born in Paris on Sept. 15, 1894. Working first as a ceramist and later as a journalist and magazine writer, Renoir chose a career in the French film industry in 1924 after convalescence from a leg wound suffered in World War I.

Throughout Renoir's long career, his films have been compared to his father's impressionistic paintings and identified by their overall cinematic beauty as opposed to an emphasis on single images and isolated scenes.

Related stars

Points of interest

Click for more information

    Academy Awards

    Year Category Work
    1945 Best Director The Southerner Nomination
    1974 Honorary Award Win

    Share a thought about Jean Renoir

    • Did you ever meet Jean Renoir? Share your memory.
    • Which other stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have connections to Jean Renoir?
    • Are other places in the world important to Jean Renoir?
    • Does Jean Renoir deserve this star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

      Required
      Optional