Éric Rohmer

Éric Rohmer (French: [eʁik ʁomɛʁ]; 1920–2010) was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma. Rohmer was the last of the French New Wave directors to become established. He worked as the editor of the Cahiers du cinéma periodical from 1957 to 1963, while most of his Cahiers colleagues – among them Jean-Luc Godard and Fra... More

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  • Mar 20, 1920

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  • Jan 11, 2010 (age 89 years)

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  • Eric Rohmer,
  • Jean-Marie Maurice Schérer,
  • Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer

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  • 1957

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César Award for Best Writing Nominees

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film Winners

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