Jacques Rivette

Born 1 March 1928 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Died 29 January 2016 (aged 87)

Jacques Rivette (1 March 1928 - 29 January 2016) was a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette was one of the more experimental of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) directors. In common with many of his peers, he had a background in film criticism, where he expressed his admiration for popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich, Howard Hawks and Frank Tashlin. Rivette's films progress in unconventional ways—often following multiple plots that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation—and are often extremely long.