Jacques Rivette (1 March 1928 - 29 January 2016) was a French film director. With Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette was one of the more experimental of the French New Wave (nouvelle vague) directors. In common with many of his peers, he had a background in film criticism, where he expressed his admiration for popular American cinema, especially genre directors such as Robert Aldrich, Howard Hawks and Frank Tashlin. Rivette's films progress in unconventional ways—often following multiple plots that can be romantic, mysterious, and comic all at once and employing extensive improvisation—and are often extremely long.
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Jacques Rivette was a pioneering French film director and critic associated with the French New Wave and the Cahiers du Cinéma circle.
He is known for directing experimental, structurally complex arthouse films featuring extensive improvisation, such as Céline and Julie Go Boating and La Belle Noiseuse.
He contributed as a prominent film critic and editor for the influential film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma.
