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  • PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
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French-born director and producer Jean Renoir contributed a number of significant works (both silent and sound) to the motion picture industry.


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Born in France in 1984, director and producer Jean Renoir was inspired by cinema as he recovered from a wound inflicted during World War I. He went on to contribute significant works, eventually receiving a lifetime Academy Award for his contribution to the motion picture industry. In 1962 he wrote the definitive biography of his father, the painter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

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