ArtistInfo

Eric Rohmer

1920-2010 FR, Tulle
of Soundtrack, Classical, Folk and World
A.k.a. Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer

Maurice Henri Joseph Schérer or Jean Marie Maurice Schérer, known as Éric Rohmer ([eʁik ʁomɛʁ], 21 March 1920 – 11 January 2010), was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher.Rohmer was the last of the post-World War II, French New Wave directors to become established. He edited the influential film journal, Cahiers du cinéma, from 1957 to 1963, while most of his colleagues – among them Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut – were making the transition from film critics to filmmakers and gaining international attention.

Genres

• Soundtrack
• Classical
• Folk
• World