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Renoir, Jean
French film director. His films, characterized by their humanism and naturalistic technique, include Boudu sauvé des eaux/Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932), Le Crime de Monsieur Lange/The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936), La Grande Illusion (1937), and La Règle du jeu/The Rules of the Game (1939).
Renoir was born in Paris, France, the son of the impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He served in World War I and won the Croix de Guerre before turning to film-making. During World War II he left France for Hollywood, and later became a US citizen.
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