Director
Robert Bresson
125 years · Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France · 21 films
Robert Bresson (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ bʁɛsɔ̃]; 25 September 1901 – 18 December 1999) was a French filmmaker. Known for his ascetic approach, Bresson made a notable contribution 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. Much of his work is known for being tragic in story and nature. Bresson is among the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time. He has the highest number of films (seven) that made the 2012 Sight and Sound critics' poll of the Greatest Films of All Time. His works A Man Escaped (1956), Pickpocket (1959) and Au hasard Balthazar (1966) were ranked among the top 100, and other films like 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Bresson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Best known for
A Man Escaped
1956 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Pickpocket
1959 · Screenplay, Director
Au Hasard Balthazar
1966 · Writer, Director
On Criterion Channel
L'Argent
1983 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Director, Screenplay
Mouchette
1967 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Filmography 21
Morceaux de Cannes
2021 · Actor
What Is Cinema?
2013 · Self
On Kanopy
Mag Bodard, un destin
2005 · Self (archive footage)
The Road to Bresson
1984 · Self
L'Argent
1983 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
The Devil, Probably
1977 · Director, Screenplay
Lancelot of the Lake
1974 · Director, Screenplay
Four Nights of a Dreamer
1972 · Writer, Director
A Gentle Woman
1969 · Director, Writer
Au Hasard Bresson
1967 · Self
Mouchette
1967 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Au Hasard Balthazar
1966 · Writer, Director
On Criterion Channel
Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson
1966 · Self
Bresson: Without a Trace
1965 · Self - Interviewee
The Trial of Joan of Arc
1963 · Director, Screenplay
On HBO Max
Pickpocket
1959 · Screenplay, Director
A Man Escaped
1956 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Director, Screenplay
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
1945 · Director, Screenplay
On Criterion Channel
Angels of Sin
1943 · Writer, Director
Southern Carrier
1937 · Screenplay