Why this filmmaker matters
Michel Legrand has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Michel Legrand
Composer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1961–1994
- Known for
- Composer
The essay
Reading Michel Legrand
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
Legrand set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Frequent collaborators
Canonical people credited alongside this name across multiple titles.
Jacques Demy
Director
7 shared titles · Donkey Skin
Jean-Luc Godard
Actor
5 shared titles · The Lovely Month of May
Barbra Streisand
Actor
4 shared titles · Yentl
Orson Welles
Actor
4 shared titles · F for Fake
François Reichenbach
Director
4 shared titles · F for Fake
Anna Karina
Actor
3 shared titles · A Woman Is a Woman
Catherine Deneuve
Actor
3 shared titles · Donkey Skin
Chris Marker
Actor
3 shared titles · The Lovely Month of May
Robert Altman
Director
3 shared titles · Prêt-à-Porter
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Mag Bodard
Producer
3 shared titles · Donkey Skin
Jacques Perrin
Actor
2 shared titles · Donkey Skin
Faye Dunaway
Actor
2 shared titles · The Three Musketeers
Genre profile
- Romance8
- Drama7
- Comedy5
- Music2
- Documentary2
- Crime2
- Fantasy1
- Action1
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1961–1994
- Scores composed
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Composer
- scored score
- 6.6
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0