Portrait of Alain Resnais

Directing

Alain Resnais

Career

Active from 1947 to 2014, busiest in 1947 with 7 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Night and Fog
Night and Fog
GoodWatch score94/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • César Awards · Best Film

    1998 · Won

    Same Old Song

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Film

    1994 · Won

    Smoking/No Smoking

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Director

    1994 · Won

    Smoking/No Smoking

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Honorary César

    1981 · Won

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Film

    1978 · Won

    Providence

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Director

    1978 · Won

    Providence

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · United Nations Awards

    1961 · Won

    Hiroshima mon amour

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Adaptation

    2010 · Nominated

    Wild Grass

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Film

    2010 · Nominated

    Wild Grass

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Director

    2007 · Nominated

    Private Fears in Public Places

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Film

    2004 · Nominated

    Not on the Lips

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Director

    2004 · Nominated

    Not on the Lips

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Director

    1998 · Nominated

    Same Old Song

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Director

    1987 · Nominated

    Mélo

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Film

    1987 · Nominated

    Mélo

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Film

    1985 · Nominated

    L'Amour à mort

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Director

    1985 · Nominated

    L'Amour à mort

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Film

    1981 · Nominated

    My American Uncle

    Source: Wikidata

  • César Awards · Best Director

    1981 · Nominated

    My American Uncle

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Film

    1963 · Nominated

    Last Year at Marienbad

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alain Resnais Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.1, average 4.8
  • Crime
    1.5, average 3.6
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1
  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • French New Wave 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Archival Footage 2
  • Intellectual 2
  • Parisian Setting 2
  • Witty Dialogue 2
  • Post-War Trauma 2
  • Melancholic Romance 2
  • Interwoven Narratives 2
  • Historical Context 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 64
Life of Riley
Life of Riley (2014)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay, Director

2000s

5 titles · average score 64
Wild Grass
Wild Grass (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

Private Fears in Public Places
Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Hiroshima: The Time of Return
Hiroshima: The Time of Return (2005)

as (voice)

Their First Films
Their First Films (2004)

Director

Not on the Lips
Not on the Lips (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

1990s

6 titles · average score 76
Same Old Song
Same Old Song (1997)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Smoking / No Smoking
Smoking / No Smoking (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Smoking
Smoking (1993)

Director

Gershwin
Gershwin (1993)

Director

No Smoking
No Smoking (1993)

Director

Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget (1991)

Director

1980s

6 titles · average score 67
I Want to Go Home
I Want to Go Home (1989)
GoodWatch score 47

Director

Mélo
Mélo (1986)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Writer

Love Unto Death
Love Unto Death (1984)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

El misteri dels cines desapareguts
El misteri dels cines desapareguts (1984)

Thanks

Life Is a Bed of Roses
Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

My American Uncle
My American Uncle (1980)
GoodWatch score 81

Director

1970s

3 titles · average score 70
Providence
Providence (1977)
GoodWatch score 74

Director

Stavisky...
Stavisky... (1974)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

The Year 01
The Year 01 (1973)
GoodWatch score 67

Co-Director

1960s

8 titles · average score 79
Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime
Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime (1968)
GoodWatch score 81

Director

Cinétracts
Cinétracts (1968)

Director

Far from Vietnam
Far from Vietnam (1967)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

The War Is Over
The War Is Over (1966)
GoodWatch score 79

Director

Tokyo Olympiad
Tokyo Olympiad (1965)
GoodWatch score 90

Thanks

Muriel, or the Time of Return
Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

Sign of the Lion
Sign of the Lion (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

as Un Consommateur (uncredited)

Last Year at Marienbad
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
GoodWatch score 85

Director

1950s

13 titles · average score 74
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
GoodWatch score 88

Director

The Song of Styrene
The Song of Styrene (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Editor

Broadway by Light
Broadway by Light (1958)
GoodWatch score 68

Technical Advisor

The Mystery of Workshop 15
The Mystery of Workshop 15 (1957)

Director

Night and Fog
Night and Fog (1956)
GoodWatch score 94

Director, Editor

All the World's Memory
All the World's Memory (1956)
GoodWatch score 73

Director, Editor

La Pointe Courte
La Pointe Courte (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

Editor

Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances (1954)

Editor

Statues Also Die
Statues Also Die (1953)
GoodWatch score 72

Editor, Director

Guernica
Guernica (1951)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Pictura
Pictura (1951)

Director

Gauguin
Gauguin (1950)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

1940s

10 titles · average score 72
Van Gogh
Van Gogh (1948)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Paris 1900
Paris 1900 (1948)
GoodWatch score 64

Assistant Production Coordinator, Researcher

Visite à Oscar Dominguez
Visite à Oscar Dominguez (1947)

Writer, Director

Visite à Hans Hartung
Visite à Hans Hartung (1947)

Director

Visit to César Domela
Visit to César Domela (1947)

Director

Portrait d’Henri Goetz
Portrait d’Henri Goetz (1947)

Director

Visit to Felix Labisse
Visit to Felix Labisse (1947)

Director

Visite à Lucien Coutaud
Visite à Lucien Coutaud (1947)

Director

Visite à Christine Boumeester
Visite à Christine Boumeester (1947)

Director

The Devil's Envoys
The Devil's Envoys (1942)
GoodWatch score 86

as Extra (uncredited)