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Alain Resnais

French film director (1922–2014)

Alain Resnais was a French film director and screenwriter whose career extended over more than six decades. His films frequently explore the relationship between consciousness, memory and the imagination, and he was noted for devising innovative formal structures. After training as a film editor, he directed short films including Night and Fog.

Alain Resnais appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1959 to 1963. That includes 3 titles as director. Most of that work is in drama, romance and mystery. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Delphine Seyrig (2), Françoise Bertin (2), Gérard Lorin (2), Pierre Barbaud (2).

Known for

  • Hiroshima mon amour (1959), Director.
  • Last Year at Marienbad (1961), Director. A feature film that followed his late 1950s debut.
  • Night and Fog (1956), Director. An influential short documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.

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Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has Alain Resnais been in?
Alain Resnais appears in Muriel (1963), Last Year at Marienbad (1961) and Hiroshima mon amour (1959) on The Remote.
When was Alain Resnais born?
Alain Resnais was born on 3 June 1922.

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