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Rene Clement

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The Resume

    (March 18, 1913-March 17, 1996)
    Born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France
    Birth name is Rene Jean Bayle
    Directed the films ‘The Battle of the Rails’ (1946), ‘Beyond the Gates Golden Lion’ (1949), ‘The Walls of Malapaga’ (1949), and ‘Forbidden Games’ (1952)

Why he might be annoying:

    His star-studded epic ‘Is Paris Burning?’ was an overproduced box office flop.
    Jane Fonda claimed that he sexually harassed her on the set of ‘Joy House’ during an appearance on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live.
    She claimed that he told her she needed to sleep with him so that he could properly judge her orgasm for a love scene they would be filming.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is credited with making Alain Delon an international superstar.
    He was the inaugural Best Director winner at the first Cannes Film Festival, in 1946.
    He won five Cannes Film Festival awards overall, putting him in the upper echelon of honorees.
    He won a BAFTA Award and the Lion d'or at the Venice Film Festival, for 'Forbidden Games.'
    He directed two films that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
    His IMDB bio called him ‘one of the most unlucky talented filmmakers who existed.’
    He died a day before his 83rd birthday.

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair


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