A director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it into pieces and makes it again.
Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?
Wilshire Boulevard... It has no smell to it.
An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.
My dream is of a craftsman's cinema in which the author can express himself as directly as the painter in his paintings or the writer in his books.
The Western is always the same, which gives the director tremendous freedom.
Son of impressionist painter Pierre Auguste Renoir
Younger brother of Pierre Renoir
Uncle of Claude Renoir
Although he became an American citizen, he was buried in France following a state funeral.
Was voted the 12th-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly magazine, making him the highest-rated French filmmaker on the list.
He frequently acted in his own movies, earning praise for his performances as loveable bear-like lugs (he even dressed up like a bear in "The Rules of the Game").
Biography in John Wakeman, editor, "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945," pp. 923-947. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
He once said that no other Hollywood director understood people better than Leo McCarey.
Called "the boss" by director Jacques Rivette.
Older brother of Claude Renoir Sr.
Grand-uncle of actress Sophie Renoir.
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