- Date of Birth: 03 June, 1922
- Place of Birth: Vannes, Morbihan , Bretagne , France
- Biography: Alain Resnais (born 3 June 1922, Vannes, France) is a French film director whose early works are often grouped within the New Wave or nouvelle vague film movement. Although he has had a long and fruitful career, Resnais is best known for three early works that deal with themes of... Read more
Filmography
- Les Herbes folles (2008)
- Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour (2007)
- Coeurs (2006)
- Pas sur la bouche (Not on the Lips) (2003)
- On connaît la chanson (Same Old Song) (1997)
- Smoking/No Smoking (1993)
- Contre l'oubli (1992)
- I Want to Go Home (1989)
- Mélo (1986)
- L' Amour à mort (Love Unto Death) (1984)
- La Vie est un roman (Life Is a Bed of Roses) (1983)
- Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980)
News
NEW YORK -- Sony Pictures Classics is growing "Wild Grass," picking up the latest feature from French New Wave director Alain Resnais. Andre Dussollier, Sabine Azema and Mathieu Amalric star in the pic, which tells the story of a romance... ... Full Article
All In The Mix Video & DVD Reviews: 639?articles?found?(showing?1?to?50)
newsreview.com –
2009-07-23
Just your typical vampire TV show-and then the murders start. By Kel Munger, SN&R , 07.23.09. Last Year at Marienbad Alain Resnais' 1961 flick is a thinking man's gimmick film. ... Full Article
'Marienbad' still confounds after 50 years
austin360.com –
2009-06-26
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, June 26, 2009 Genius or balderdash? Nearly 50 years later, the jury's still out on "Last Year at Marienbad," the famously difficult 1961 film French New Waver Alain Resnais made in collaboration with avant-garde novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet. ... Full Article
Jury Prize(s): Fish Tank (dir. Andrea Arnold) and Thirst (dir. Park Chan-wook) Best Screenplay: Spring Fever (dir. Lou Ye) Best Director: Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist (dir. ... Full Article
Alain Resnais, at 86 the grand old man of French cinema, was awarded a special prize for his half-century career. The one-time "new wave" icon returned to Cannes this year with a surrealistic romantic comedy "Wild Grasses", 50 years after... ... Full Article
Downbeat dramas sweep Cannes awards
nowrunning.com –
2009-05-24
A Special Cannes Film Festival Prize was given to 87-year-old French master Alain Resnais for his new film "Wild Grass". Australian director Warwick Thornton's "Samson and Delilah", a love story that unfolds on the edge of existence in an Aboriginal... ... Full Article


The Kapos from the Alain Resnais movie "nuit et brouillard"
Guernica (1950) Part 1 - Alain Resnais & Robert Hessens (English and Spanish Subtitles)
L'Anée Dernière à Marienbaad - Alain Resnais Alain Robbe-Grillet
Guernica (1950) Part 2 - Alain Resnais & Robert Hessens (English and Spanish Subtitles)