Directing
Jean Vigo
Born — Died
1905-04-26 — 1934-10-05
Place of birth
Paris, France
Known for
Directing
Credits
13 titles
Jean Vigo was a French film director who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s; he was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Vigo was born to Emily Clero and the prominent Catalan militant anarchist Eugeni Bonaventura de Vigo i Sallés (who adopted the name Miguel Almereyda—an anagram of "y'a la merde", which translates as "there's shit"). Much of Jean's early life was spent on the run with his parents. His father was imprisoned and murdered in Fresnes Prison on 13 August 1917. The young Vigo was subsequently sent to boarding school under an assumed name, Jean Sales, to conceal his identity. Vigo is noted for two films that affected …
Known for
Produced for television by Claude-Jean Philippe, the « Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma », recounts the history of French cinema from its birth to the beginning of the 1960s. With commentary read by Jean Rochefort.
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma
1978
7.5Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.
L'Atalante
1934
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Jean Vigo : le son retrouvé
2001
6.9In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
Zero for Conduct
1933
6.9What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
À propos de Nice
1930
7.0An adaptation of an unrealized script by Jean Vigo (Les lignes de la main), starring his late daughter, the critic, programmer, and actress Luce Vigo
Lines of the Hand
2015
Film credits
2000s · 1 titles
Series credits
Behind the camera
7.5Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.
L'Atalante
1934
7.5Newly married couple Juliette and ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'Atalante along with the captain's first mate and a cabin boy.
L'Atalante
1934
6.9In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
Zero for Conduct
1933
6.9In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
Zero for Conduct
1933
6.9In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
Zero for Conduct
1933
6.9What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
À propos de Nice
1930
6.9What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
À propos de Nice
1930
6.9What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
À propos de Nice
1930
7.0An adaptation of an unrealized script by Jean Vigo (Les lignes de la main), starring his late daughter, the critic, programmer, and actress Luce Vigo
Lines of the Hand
2015
6.3Short documentary directed by Jean Vigo about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.
Taris
1931
6.3Short documentary directed by Jean Vigo about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses, including close ups and freeze frames of the swimmer's body.
Taris
1931