L'Argent
1983 · Director
The Devil, Probably
1977 · Director
Lancelot of the Lake
1974 · Director
Four Nights of a Dreamer
1972 · Director
A Gentle Woman
1969 · Director
Mouchette
1967 · Director
Au Hasard Balthazar
1966 · Director
The Trial of Joan of Arc
1963 · Director
Pickpocket
1959 · Director
A Man Escaped
1956 · Director
Diary of a Country Priest
1951 · Director
Les Dames du bois de Boulogne
1945 · Director
September 25, 1901 · Bromont-Lamothe, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France
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.