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Alain Resnais dies at 91

Industry mourns French director.

by Amber Wilkinson

Alain Resnais arrives for the photocall of You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet! (Vous n'avez encore rien vu!) presented in competition at the 65th Cannes film festival in 2012.
Alain Resnais arrives for the photocall of You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet! (Vous n'avez encore rien vu!) presented in competition at the 65th Cannes film festival in 2012. Photo: Vous n'avez encore rien vu © FIF/LF (Courtesy Cannes Film Festival)
French director Alain Resnais has died at aged 91.

The Last Year In Marienbad director - whose latest film The Life Of Riley won an award for innovation and the FIPRESCI prize at last month's Berlin Film Festival - passed away on Saturday, surrounded by his family, his producer Jean-Louis Livi told the French press agency AFP.

Born in 1922, the filmmaker enjoyed a career that spanned more than some six decades and more than 45 films, including Private Fears In Public Places, Night And Fog, Wild Grass and the BAFTA winning Hiroshima Mon Amour.

In 2009, he was given a special award from the Cannes Film Festival for his body of work.

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