Jacques Rozier (; 10 November 1926 – 31 May 2023) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was one of the lesser-known members of the

French New Wave French New Wave (french: La Nouvelle Vague) is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of icono ...

movement and has collaborated with

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. Three of his films have been screened at the

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. In 1978, he was a member of the jury at the

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Life

Rozier was born in Paris on 10 November 1926. He attended the Institute for Advanced Film Studies and began his career in television. His first film, '' Adieu Philippine'', was released in 1962. It was particularly embraced by ''

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'' and influenced the New Wave filmmakers who emerged from the magazine's staff. While Rozier's films were acclaimed by critics and filmmakers, and he worked into his seventies, he never became as famous as some of the other New Wave directors. ''

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'' dubbed him the "odd man out" among the movement. In 2019,

said that he and Rozier were the last two New Wave filmmakers alive, following the death of

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. Godard died in 2022 and Rozier died the following year, at the age of 96. He died in

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on 31 May 2023, at the age of 96. A marriage to Michèle O'Glor had ended in divorce. They had a son who died in 2022.

Filmography

Features

* 1962 '' Adieu Philippine'' * 1973 '' Du Côté d'Orouët'' * 1976 '' The Castaways of Turtle Island'' * 1985 '' Maine-Ocean Express'' (

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) * 2001 '' Fifi Martingale''

Shorts

* ''

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'' (1963 film) * '' Le Parti des choses'' (1963) * '' Dans le vent'' (documentary) (1962) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' Rentrée des classes'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1976) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Lettre de la Sierra Morena'' (1983)

TV work

*''

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'' (episode of '' Cinéastes de notre temps'') (1964) * ''

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'' (1964) *'' Revenez plaisirs exilés'' '' ! (Alceste)'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1990) * '' Lettre d'un cinéaste : Jacques Rozier'' (episode of ''

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'') (1983)

References

External links

*
Biography on newwavefilm.com

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