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Eric Rohmer Biography (1920?-)

Original name, Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer; born December 1, 1920 (some sources say April 4, 1920, March 21, 1920, or April 14, 1923) in Nancy (some sources say Tulle), Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; son of Lucien and Mathilde (maiden name, Bucher) Scherer; married Theresa Barbet, 1957 (some sources say 1959); children: two sons.Addresses: Office: Les Films du Losange,22 avenue pierre, le-de-Serbie, France.

Nationality

French

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, writer, editor, actor

Birth Details

December 1, 1920?

Nancy, France

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Director
• Journal d'un scelerat, 1950
• Les petites filles modeles (also known asThe Model Little Girls), Guy de Ray and Joseph Keke, 1952
• Berenice, 1954
• La sonate a Kreutzer (also known asThe Kreutzer Sonata), Jean-Luc Godard, 1956
• Veronique et son cancre, 1958
• (With Paul Gegauff)Le signe du lion, Connoisseur, 1959, releasedin the United States asThe Sign of Leo, 1959
• (As Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer)Presentation ou Charlotte et son steak (also known asCharlotte and Her Steak), Guy de Ray, 1960
• Nadja a Paris, 1964
• Une etudiante d'aujourd'hui, 1966
• Fermiere a Montfaucon (also known asFarm Woman of Montfaucon), Les Films du Losange, 1968
• The Marquise of O ... (originally released asDie Marquise vonO ... andThe Marquise of O), New Line Cinema, 1976
• Perceval (originally released asPerceval le Gallois andIl fuorilegge), New Yorker, 1978
• Loup y es-tu (also known asWolf, Are You There?), 1983
• Full Moon in Paris (originally released asLes nuits de la pleine lune), Orion Classics, 1984
• Summer (originally released asLe rayon vert andThe Green Ray), Orion Classics, 1985
• Bois ton cafe, il va etre froid, 1986
• Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (originally released asQuatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle), New Yorker, 1987
• Boyfriends and Girlfriends (originally released asL'ami de monamie andMy Girlfriend's Boyfriend), Orion Classics, 1987
• Conte de printemps (also known asContes des quatre saisons: Conte de printemps) Les Films du Losange, 1989, released in the United States asA Tale of Springtime (also known asTales of Four Seasons), Orion Classics, 1991
• Conte d'hiver (also known asA Tale of Winter andA Winter's Tale), Les Films du Losange, 1992
• L'arbe, le maire et la mediatheque (also known asThe Tree, theMayor and the Mediatheque,Les sept hasards, andL'arbre, le maire et la mediatheque ou les sept hasards), Les Films du Losange, 1993
• Les rendez-vous de Paris (also known asRendezvous in Paris), 1995
• Conte d'ete (also known asA Summer's Tale), 1996
• Conte d'automne (also known asAutumn Tale), October Films,1998
• L'anglaise et le duc (also known asThe Lady and the Duke andL'angalise & le duc), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
• Triple Agent, Rezo Films, 2003
• "Six Moral Tales" Series
• La boulangere de Monceau (also known asThe Baker of Monceau,The Baker's Girl of Monceau, andThe Girl at the Monceau Bakery), Les Films du Losange, 1962
• La carriere de Suzanne (also known asThe Career of Suzanne), Les Films de Losange, 1963
• La collectionneuse (also known asThe Collecting Woman,The Collector, andSix contes moraux IV: La collectionneuse), LesFilms du Losange and Rome/Paris Films, 1966, released in the United States byPathe Contemporary, 1967
• Ma nuit chez Maud, Les Films du Losange, 1969, released in the United States asMy Night at Maud's (also known asMy Night with Maud), Pathe Contemporary, 1970
• Le genou de Claire, Les Films du Losange, 1970, released in the United States asClaire's Knee, Columbia, 1971
• Chloe in the Afternoon (originally released asL'amour, L'apres-midi andLove in the Afternoon), Columbia, 1972
• "Comedies and Proverbs" Series
• La femme de l'aviateur (also known asLa femme de l'aviateur ou"on ne saurait penser a rien"), Les Films du Losange, 1980, released inthe United States asThe Aviator's Wife, New Yorker, 1981
• Le beau mariage (also known asA Good Marriage,The Perfect Marriage, andThe Well-Made Marriage), United Artists Classics, 1982
• Pauline at the Beach (originally released asPauline a la plage), Orion Classics, 1983
• Film Work
• Other
• Editor,La boulangere de Monceau (also known asThe Baker of Monceau,The Baker's Girl of Monceau, andThe Girl at the MonceauBakery), 1963
• Producer,Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (originally released asQuatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle), New Yorker, 1987
• Technical advisor (artistic),Les pyramides bleues, 1988
• Producer,Conte d'automne (also known asAutumn Tale), October Films, 1998
• Technical advisor,La cambrure (short film), 1999
• Film Appearances
• Aegeus,Berenice, 1954
• Professor Scherer,Brigitte et Brigitte, 1966
• (Uncredited) Le professeur balzacien,Out 1 (also known asOut1: Noli me tangere), 1971
• Out 1: Spectre (also known asOut One), 1972
• (Uncredited) Russian soldier,Die Marquise von O ... (also known asLa Marquise d'O ... andThe Marquise of O), 1976
• Justocoeur, 1980
• Chasse-croise, 1982
• (Uncredited) Man in supermarket,4 aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle (also known asFour Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle), 1987
• Francois Truffaut: Portraits voles (also known asFrancois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits), Myriad Pictures, 1993
• Himself,Citizen Langlois, 1994
• Television Director
• Movies
• Entretien sur Pascal, 1965
• Specials
• Les metamorphoses du paysage industriel, 1964
• Perceval ou Le conte du Graal, 1965
• Les histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe, 1965
• Don Quichotte, 1965
• Cinema de notre temps: Carl Th. Dreyer (also known asCarl Th.Dreyer), 1965
• Le celluloid et la marbre, 1965
• Les caracteres de la bruyere, 1965
• Entretien sur Pascal, 1965
• Victor Hugo: Les contemplations (Livre V-V), 1966
• Mallarme, 1968
• Louis Lumiere, 1968
• Victor Hugo architecte, 1969
• La beton dans la ville, 1969
• Catherine de Heilbronn, 1980
• Les jeux de societe, 1989
• Also directedLes cabinets de physique au XVIII siecle;Le breton.
• Episodic
• "Place de l'etoile,"Paris vu Par ... (also known asSix in Paris), 1965
• Also directedCineastes de notre temps.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Himself,Histoire du cinema francais par ceux qui l'ont fait, 1974
• Specials
• Recitant,Victor Hugo architecte, 1969
• Himself,Eric Rohmer, preuves a l'appui, 1994
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Journal d'un scelerat, 1950
• Les petites filles modeles (also known asThe Model Little Girls), Guy de Ray and Joseph Keke, 1952
• Berenice (adapted from the story by Edgar Allan Poe), 1954
• La sonate a Kreutzer (also known asThe Kreutzer Sonata), Jean-Luc Godard, 1956
• Veronique et son cancre, 1958
• (With Paul Gegauff)Le signe du lion, Connoisseur, 1959, releasedin the United States asThe Sign of Leo, 1959
• Charlotte et Veronique, ou tous les garcons s'appellent Patrick (also known asAll the Boys Are Called Patrick), 1959
• Presentation ou Charlotte et son steak (also known asCharlotteand Her Steak), Guy de Ray, 1960
• Nadja a Paris, 1964
• Une etudiante d'aujourd'hui (also known asThe Student of Today), Les Films du Losange, 1966
• Fermiere a Montfaucon (also known asFarm Woman of Montfaucon), Les Films du Losange, 1968
• The Marquise of O ... (originally released asDie Marquise vonO ... andThe Marquise of O; adapted from the story by Heinrich von Kleist), New Line Cinema, 1976
• Perceval (originally released asPerceval le Gallois andIl fuorilegge; adapted from the epic by Chretien de Troyes), New Yorker,1978
• Loup y es-tu (title means "Wolf, Are You There?"), 1983
• Full Moon in Paris (originally released asLes nuits de la pleine lune), Orion classics, 1984
• Summer (originally released asLe rayon vert andThe Green Ray), Orion Classics, 1985
• Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (originally released asQuatre aventures de Reinette et Mirabelle), New Yorker, 1987
• L'ami de mon amie (also known asMy Girlfriend's BoyfriendandBoyfriends and Girlfriends), 1987
• Conte de printemps (also known asContes des quatre saisons: Conte de printemps), Les Films du Losange, 1989, released in the United States asA Tale of Springtime (also known asTales of Four Seasons), Orion Classics, 1991
• Conte d'hiver (also known asA Tale of Winter andA Winter's Tale), Les Films du Losange, 1992
• Le arbe, le maire et la mediatheque (also known asThe Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque andL'arbre, le maire et la mediatheque oules sept hasards), Les Films du Losange, 1993
• Les rendez-vous de Paris (also known asRendezvous in Paris), 1995
• Conte d'ete (also known asA Summer's Tale), 1996
• Conte d'automne (also known asAutumn Tale), October Films,1998
• L'anglaise et le duc (also known asThe Lady and the Duke andL'anglaise & le duc), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
• Triple agent, Rezo Films, 2003
• "Six Moral Tales" Series
• La boulangere de Monceau (also known asThe Baker of Monceau,The Baker's Girl of Monceau, andThe Girl at the Monceau Bakery), Les Films du Losange, 1962
• La carriere de Suzanne (also known asThe Career of Suzanne), Les Films du Losange, 1963
• La collectionneuse (also known asThe Collecting Woman andSix contes moraux IV: La collectionneuse), Les Films du Losange and Rome/Paris Films, 1966, released in the United States by Pathe Contemporary, 1967
• Ma nuit chez Maud, Les Films du Losange, 1969, released in the United States asMy Night at Maud's (also known asMy Night with Maud), Pathe Contemporary, 1970
• Le genou de Claire, Les Films du Losange, 1970, released in the United States asClaire's Knee, Columbia, 1971
• Chloe in the Afternoon (originally released asL'amour, l'apres-midi andLove in the Afternoon), Columbia, 1972
• "Comedies and Proverbs" Series
• La femme de l'aviateur (also known asLa femme de l'aviateur ou"on ne saurait penser a rien"), Les Films du Losange, 1980, released inthe United States asThe Aviator's Wife, New Yorker, 1981
• Le beau mariage (also known asThe Perfect Marriage,A Good Marriage, andThe Well-Made Marriage), United Artists Classics, 1982
• Pauline at the Beach (originally released asPauline a la plage), Orion Classics, 1983
• Television Specials
• Catherine de Heilbronn, 1980
• Television Writing
• Writer of educational films for French television, includingLes cabinets de physique au XVIII siecle,Les metamorphoses du paysage industriel,Perceval ou le cone du graal,Don Quichotte,Les histoires extraordinaires d'Edgar Poe,Les caracteres de lu bruyere,Mallarme,Hugo architecte,Louis Lumiere,Le Breton, andCarl Dreyer: Le celluloid et la marbre, 1964-1969.
• Television Episodes
• "Place de l'etoile,"Paris vu Par ... (also known asSix in Paris), 1965
• Also wrote episodes ofCineastes de notre temps.
• Books
• (Under pseudonym Gilbert Cordier)Elisabeth, Gallimard, 1946
• (With Claude Chabrol)Hitchcock, Editions universitaires, 1957, translation by Stanley Hochman, published asHitchcock: The First Forty-fourFilms, Ungar, 1979
• Six contes moraux, L'Herne, 1972, translation published asSixMoral Tales, Viking, 1977
• (With Andre Bazin)Charlie Chaplin, Cerf, 1973
• The New Wave, Oxford University Press, 1976
• L'organisation de l'espace dans le Faust de Murnau (title means "The Organization of Space in F. W. Murnau'sFaust"), Union generale d'editions, 1977
• The Marquis of O, 1985
• Le gout de la beaute, edited by Jean Narboni, 1989, translation published asThe Taste for Beauty, Cambridge University Press, 1990
• Also author, under pseudonym Gilbert Cordier, ofLes vacances. Contributor of articles to periodicals, includingFilm Quarterly, Sight and Sound, Cinema, andPositif.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Angeli, G.,Eric Rohmer, Milan, 1979
• Contemporary Authors, Volume 110, Gale, 1984
• Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 16, Gale, 1981
• Esteve, Michel,Eric Rohmer 2, 1986
• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2:Directors, St. James Press, 1996
• Magny, Joel,Eric Rohmer, 1986

• Film Comment, September/October 1996, p. 14
• Insight on the News, 199, September 13, p. 29
• Interview, July, 1998, p. 64
• Variety, August 27, 2001, p. S7