Portrait of Jean Becker

Directing

Jean Becker

Career

Active from 1961 to 2022, with a break from 1967 to 1982, busiest in 1965 with 2 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Conversations with My Gardener
Conversations with My Gardener
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jean Becker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Friendship 2
  • Emotional Resonance 2
  • Melancholic Atmosphere 2
  • Slow-Burn Narrative 2
  • Human Connection 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Redemption 2
  • Rural France 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 55
The Green Shutters
The Green Shutters (2022)
GoodWatch score 55

Director, Screenplay

2010s

4 titles · average score 60
The Red Collar
The Red Collar (2018)
GoodWatch score 60

Director, Writer

Get Well Soon
Get Well Soon (2014)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay, Director

Welcome Aboard
Welcome Aboard (2012)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay, Director

My Afternoons with Margueritte
My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Screenplay

2000s

4 titles · average score 74
Love Me No More
Love Me No More (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Screenplay

Conversations with My Gardener
Conversations with My Gardener (2007)
GoodWatch score 86

Screenplay, Director

Strange Gardens
Strange Gardens (2003)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Writer

A Crime in Paradise
A Crime in Paradise (2001)
GoodWatch score 65

Writer, Director

1990s

3 titles · average score 72
The Children of the Marshland
The Children of the Marshland (1999)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

Élisa
Élisa (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget (1991)

Director

1980s

1 title · average score 72
One Deadly Summer
One Deadly Summer (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

1970s

3 titles
Heart to Heart
Heart to Heart (1979)

as Bernard's father

Emmenez-moi au Ritz
Emmenez-moi au Ritz (1977)

as Truck driver

Say it with Flowers
Say it with Flowers (1974)

as Commissioner

1960s

6 titles · average score 65
Tender Scoundrel
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Writer

Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
Pas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965)

Writer, Director

Backfire
Backfire (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Writer

A Man Named Rocca
A Man Named Rocca (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Adaptation

Le Trou
Le Trou (1960)
GoodWatch score 91

as Un gardien

Love and the Frenchwoman
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
GoodWatch score 55

Assistant Director

1950s

2 titles · average score 82
The Lovers of Montparnasse
The Lovers of Montparnasse (1958)
GoodWatch score 80

Second Assistant Director

Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
GoodWatch score 84

First Assistant Director