Alain Renoir (October 31, 1921 – December 12, 2008) was a literature professor and a French-American writer, son of filmmaker Jean Renoir and actress Catherine Hessling, and grandson of impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.Renoir was born in Cagnes-sur-Mer, the only son of Jean Renoir. As a teenager Renoir worked in a few of his fathers films, including House Party (1936), as assistant cameraman on The Human Beast (1938) and Rules of the Game (1939). In 1942 he joined his father in the United States, enlisted in the American Army and served in combat in the Pacific.After the war, he studied English literature and comparative literature and became a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was considered a leading scholar of medieval English literature and published books on Beowulf and John Lydgate. He had three children, John, Peter and Anne.
December 12, 2008, Esparto, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Cagnes-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Profession
Cinematographer, Camera Department, Actor
Parents
Jean Renoir, Catherine Hessling
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fought in the French army during World War II against the Germans and was wounded in battle. He managed to escape to Morocco and was later brought to the US by his father, director Jean Renoir, who by this time was an American citizen. One night at dinner Jean said to him, "You know, since this country has been gracious enough to admit you to its shores, it would be only polite of you to volunteer for the army." He took his father's "suggestion" and enlisted, eventually being sent to a machine-gun unit in the South Pacific where he saw very heavy action against the Japanese.
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