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Maurice Pialat
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Dialogue Writer Born: August 21, 1925 in Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dome, France Death: January 11, 2003 in Paris, France Biography:Once described as the true heir to "Jean Renoir"'s legacy, French filmmaker "Maurice Pialat" is noted for his brutal, insightful portraits of the less savory aspects of family life and French society, as well as for his ability to evoke unusually powerful and realistic performances from his actors regardless of their professional status. Pialat, who is known as one of his country's more "difficult" directors due to both his subject matter and on-set clashes, was born in Puy-de-Dôme but raised in Paris after the age of three. He started out as a painter and jack-of-all-trades and did sporadic work as an actor. In the late '50s, Pialat became fascinated with cinema, and he got his start making short films, notably "L'Amour Existe" (1961), which won a prize at the Venice Festival.
After spending much of the '60s working in French television, Pialat made his feature-film debut in 1968 with "L'Enfance... Full Biography
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