Alain Resnais

Birthday: 3 June 1922, Vannes, Morbihan, France

Birth Name: Alain Pierre Marie Jean Georges Resnais

Height: 191 cm

Alain Resnais was born on June 3, 1922 in Vannes, Morbihan, France as Alain Pierre Marie Jean Georges Resnais. He was a director and editor, known for Hiroshima mon amour (1959), L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961) and Nuit et brouillard (1956). He was married to Sabine Azéma and Florence Malraux. He died on M... Show more »

I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous ...Show more »

I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film. Show less «

I am never driven. Every film I have made has been an assignment.

The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback.

My dream would be to make a movie with Stephen Sondheim. I'm proud that I got him to do the music fo...Show more »

My dream would be to make a movie with Stephen Sondheim. I'm proud that I got him to do the music for 'Stavisky'. Show less «

[on film-watching] I turn the lights low and take no calls. I like Bob Hope; I find him mysterious.

I make difficult films. But not on purpose.

Alain Resnais

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