Alain Resnais (born June 3, 1922 in Vannes, France) is a famous French film director, perhaps best known for his masterpieces Hiroshima mon amour (1959), written by Marguerite Duras, and Last Year at Marienbad (1961), written by the French novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet. He is also recognised for his other moving and challenging work, such as the pre-eminent Holocaust documentary Night and Fog (1955).
He was married to Florence Malraux, the only daughter of the late French statesman André Malraux and his first wife, Clara Goldschmidt. Florence often worked on Resnais's films.
Many of his films were produced by Anatole Dauman and Argos Films who also produced films for other Left Bank film makers such as Chris Marker.
His current companion is French actress Sabine Azéma.
Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980)
