What is Alain Resnais?
{{Infobox person | name = Alain Resnais | image = Alain Resnais Césars 2recorte.jpg | caption = [[Juliette Binoche]] (left) and Resnais (right) in February 1998. | birth_date = 3 June 1922 | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|03|01|1922|06|03}} | occupation = [[Movie]] [[Director]], [[Actor]], [[Editor]], [[Screenwriter]] | years_active = }} '''Alain Resnais''' ({{IPA-fr|alɛ̃ ʁɛnɛ|lang}}; 3 June 1922 &ndash; 1 March 2014) was a [[French people|French]] [[movie director]], [[actor]], [[editor]] and [[screenwriter]]. His career has lasted over more than six decades. He was born in [[Vannes]], [[Morbihan]]. He was first married to Florence Malraux (daughter of the French statesman and writer André Malraux). == Career == At first, Resnais wanted to become a comedian actor, but he ended up making short films. Most of these films were produced in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Many are documentaries. The best known are probably [[Van Gogh (1948 movie)|Van Gogh]] (1949), [[Guernica (1950 movie)|Guernica]] (1950) and [[Night and Fog (1955 movie)|Night and Fog]] (1955). His longer films include ''[[Hiroshima mon amour]]'' (1959), ''[[Last Year at Marienbad]]'' (1961), and ''[[Muriel (movie)|Muriel]]'' (1963). All of the films are important for the history of cinema. Resnais was awarded multiple prizes for his work, including several [[César Award]]s. == Death == Resnais died on 1 March 2014 in [[Paris]]. He was 91 years old. He was outlived by his second wife, actress [[Sabine Azéma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26405308|title=Alan Resnais, experimental French director, dies aged 91|date=2 March 2014|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2 March 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|0720297}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Resnais, Alain}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:French movie actors]] [[Category:French movie directors]] [[Category:Fren