Jacques Renoir
Jacques Renoir (30 December 1942 – 7 November 2024) was a French photographer and cinematographer.
Jacques Renoir
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- Name
- Jacques Renoir
- Born
- 30 December 1942
- Died
- 7 November 2024
- Place of death
- Nice, France
- Occupation
- Photographer Cinematographer
- Education
- École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
- Full name
- Jacques Albert Renoir.
- Nationality
- France.
- Fields
- film, film direction and opinion journalism.
- Languages
- French.
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Key facts
• Name — Jacques Renoir • Born — 30 December 1942 • Died — 7 November 2024 • Place of death — Nice, France • Occupation — Photographer Cinematographer • Education — École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
Documentary record
Jacques Renoir, recorded as a photographer and director, was born on 30 December 1942. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Life and career
Life and career
Born on 30 December 1942, Renoir was the great-grandson of painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir and model Aline Charigot, the grandson of actor Pierre Renoir, the son of Claude Renoir, and the grand-nephew of director Jean Renoir. He was also the half-brother of actress Sophie Renoir. A graduate of the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, he worked as an assistant film director alongside Roger Vadim, Claude Sautet, and Pierre Granier-Deferre. He also took part in voyages on the Calypso with Jacques Cousteau. As a photographer, he produced several reports for television. Renoir died in Nice on 7 November 2024, at the age of 81.
Filmography
Filmography
• À l'ombre d'un été (1976) • Les Malheurs d'Octavie (1980) • Polar (1984 film) (1984) • Le Déclic (film) (1985)
Expositions
Expositions
• Beddington Fine Art (Bargemon) • Zeit-foto salon (Tokyo) • Chateau musée (Cagnes-sur-Mer) • Abbey of St. Philibert (Tournus)
Book
Book
• Le Tableau amoureux
Identity
Identity
Jacques Renoir is recorded as photographer, cinematographer, reporter, opinion journalist and director. Recorded at birth as Jacques Albert Renoir.

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Dated record
Life and career
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1942
Jacques Renoir born at Cagnes-sur-Mer.
2024
Jacques Renoir died at Nice.
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Cagnes-sur-Mer.
Birth place
Nice.
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- 1.Truquet, Axelle. Jacques Renoir, l'arrière-petit-fils du peintre Auguste Renoir, est décédé à Nice. Nice-Matin. 7 November 2024.
- 2.L'olivier, arbre mythique de Renoir. Le Matin. 27 May 2008.
- 3.Galapagos - Le camp des otaries dorées. Cousteau.
- 4.Biographie. Jacques Renoir.
- 5.Langlois, Marine. Alpes-Maritimes: l'artiste Jacques Renoir est mort ce jeudi. BFM TV. 7 November 2024.
- 6.Expositions Précédentes. Beddington Fine Art.
- 7.ジャック・ルノワール 展. Tokyo Art Beat.
- 8.Depliant Renoir. Cagnes Tourisme.
- 9.Jacques Renoir. Fréjus Tourisme.
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