Clear Rene , of his true name Rene Chomette (born the November 11th 1898 with Paris - deceased the March 15th 1981), is a Réalisateur and writer French.

Biography

Wire of soap, it grows in the district of the Markets in Paris. He is pupil with the Montaigne College then with the Louis-the-Large Lycée where he binds friendship with Jacques Rigaut. In 1917, it is mobilized like Ambulancier. In 1918, it becomes Journaliste with the Intransigent under the pseudonym of Rene Després . He in addition writes words for the singer Damia, under the pseudonym of Danceny .

He obtains then roles in various films: the Lily of the life, the Direction of death, the Orphan one, Parisette and chooses for this occasion the pseudonym of Rene Clair . He becomes director of the supplement cinema of the review Théâtre and illustrated Comœdia .

In 1922, it begins the drafting of the scenario of the diabolic Rayon which it will turn in 1923 and which will leave in 1924 under the title Paris which sleeps .

The Ballet Relâche , whose Francis Picabia wrote the booklet, must be gone up meanwhile with the Théâtre of the Fields-Élysées whose director, Jacques Hébertot, is also that of Théâtre and illustrated Comœdia . Picabia wishes that one project a film with the interval. It is Rene Clair who will be selected to carry it out. The film of inspiration dadaïste, Interval , will make scandal and ensure the notoriety of Light.

It connects various films with a taste pronounced for unquestionable fantastic, while being devoted to the writing: Adams leaves to Grasset in 1926. In 1929, it writes the scenario of Prix of beauty , which it owed, initially, also to realize, but which will be turned by Augusto Genina, with Louise Brooks in the main role.

It is with its first talking film, Under the roofs of Paris (1930), which it acquires an international reputation. Success is confirmed with the Million (1930) and With us freedom (1931), satire utopian of the industrial society. In 1936, leaves Modern times Chaplin. The Tobis, German company which produced With Us the freedom , and which meanwhile (1935) had passed under the control of Goebbels, decides to tackle Chaplin for plagiarism and counterfeit. Clearly is opposed to this action, considering film of Chaplin, character whom he admires, like an indirect homage to his. Tobis will continue to continue Chaplin.

After the failure of the Last billionaire (1934), Rene Clair accepts which is quoted to him to go to work with London. He will briefly join again there with public success for Fantôme To sell in 1935, but its following film, False reports (1937), English remake of Death in escape left the previous year to France, disappoints.

Of fine return in France 1938, it starts to turn Fresh air in July 1939. Turning is stopped by the order of mobilization of September which sends to the war various members of the team of turning and the film will never be finished. At the end of June 1940, Rene Clair leaves France with woman and child, gains the Spain then the Portugal and embarks for New York. The Vichy government the déchoit of French nationality then, some time after, cancels this decision.

Rene Clair is well accommodated with Hollywood, it will make four films there: the Beautiful enchantress (1940), My Wife is a witch (1942), It arrived tomorrow (1943) and Ten small Indians (1945). This last is an adaptation of the Ten small negros of Agatha Christie.

It returns to France in 1946, turns Silence is golden (1947), the Beauty of the devil (1949) where it revisits the myth of Faust and directs Gerard Philippe for the first time, then the Beautiful ones of night (1952).

In 1955, leaves its first color film, the Army maneuvers , which obtains the Prix Louis-Delluc. It will then carry to the screen (1957) a Romance of Rene Fallet, the Large belt , transformed into Porte of the Lilacs where one can see Georges Brassens in his own role.

In 1960, it is elected with the French Academy: it is the first time that a scenario writer as such made there his entry. At the same time, the New wave upsets the rules of a cinema of studios of which he became the institutional representative.

It alternates then the participation in films with sketches ( the Frenchwoman and the love in 1960 and the Four truths in 1962), and in feature-length films: All the gold of the world (1961) with Bourvil, then the gallant Festivals which will leave in 1965 and will be its last film.

Rene Clair devotes himself then to the writing and the setting in theatrical scene. He goes up, inter alia, Relâche of Picabia in 1970, and touches with the opera with Orphée and Eurydice in 1973, presented to the Opéra of Paris.

In 1974, he is president of the Cannes festival. It creates the part the Trollop with the soft lips with the Théâtre of Odéon and is interested in the Cartoon on behalf of the French Academy (October 1974).

Rene Clair had as a brother another scenario writer, Henri Chomette.

Catalog of films

Written works

  • Adams , Grasset, 1926
  • made Reflection , Gallimard, 1951
  • the princess of China, follow-up of needle and thread , Grasset, 1951
  • Comedies and Commentaires , Gallimard, 1959
  • Cinema of yesterday, cinema of today , Gallimard, Collection Ideas, 1970
  • the strange work of the skies , Gallimard, coll the Coat of Harlequin, 1972
  • Plays of the chance , Gallimard, 1976

Documents

  • Clear Rene, catalogs exposure of the Palais of Chaillot, January-March 1983, the French Cinémathèque .

Honorary decorations and titles

  • Honorary doctor of the University of Cambridge (1956)
  • Satrap of the College of' Pataphysique (1957) and decorated with the Order of Large Gidouille.
  • Docteur Honoris Causa of the Royal College off Arts of London (1967)
  • Large officer of the Legion of honor
  • Commander of Arts and the Letters
  • Grand Cross of the National order of the Merit

External bonds

  • Biography on the official site of the French Academy
  • Profile of Clear Rene on IMDB

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