Alain Resnais

Alain Resnais

French film director
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Alain Resnais (3 June 1922 – 1 March 2014) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Night and Fog (1956), an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.

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Alain Resnais was born on Saturday, 3 June 1922 in Vannes, Bretagne, France. His full name at birth was Alain Resnais. He was best known as a director. Resnais' country of citizenship (nationality) was French. He died on Saturday, 1 March 2014 in Paris, France at the age of 91. He had grey hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Gemini.

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Alain Resnais
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Nuit et brouillard / Night and fog
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3 June 1922
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Vannes, Bretagne, France
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1 March 2014
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Paris, France
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Film director, film editor, screenwriter, cinematographer
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Alain Resnais is known for his role in the TV series La nuit des Césars (1976) as Self - Winner.

He is also known for his role in the TV movie documentary Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022) as Self.

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