Robert Bresson

Robert Bresson French ʁɔbɛʁ bʁɛsɔ 25 September 1901 18 December 1999 was a French filmmaker Known for his ascetic approach Bresson made a notable contribution to the art of cinema his nonprofessional actors ellipses and sparse use of scoring have led his works to be regarded as preeminent examples of minimalist film Much of his work is known for being tragic in story and nature Bresson is among the most highly regarded filmmakers of all time He has the highest number of films seven that made the 2012 Sight and Sound critics poll of the Greatest Films of All Time His works A Man Escaped 1956 Pickpocket 1959 and Au hasard Balthazar 1966 were ranked among the top 100 and other films like Mouchette 1967 and LArgent 1983 also received many votes JeanLuc Godard once wrote He is the French cinema as Dostoevsky is the Russian novel and Mozart is German music Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Bresson licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia