René Allio (3 August 1924, Marseille – 27 March 1995, Paris) was a French film and theater director. Allio was born on March 8, 1924 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a writer and director, known for La vieille dame indigne (1965), Les camisards (1972) and Moi, Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma mère, ma soeur et mon frère... (1976). He was married to Malka Ribowska and Christine Laurent. He died on March 27, 1995 in Paris, France.
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Rene Allio was a French film and theater director and set designer best known for his historical dramas and social-realist works of the mid-to-late twentieth century.
He is best known for directing critically regarded films such as The Shameless Old Lady and I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother…
He created distinctively auteur-driven historical dramas, social dramas, and documentaries informed by a strong background in theater set design.
