Jean-Claude Grumberg
Writer · Born July 26, 1939 (87) · Paris, France
Jean-Claude Grumberg (born 1939) is a French playwright and author of children's books. Before becoming a playwright, Jean-Claude Grumberg held several jobs including working as a tailor, he takes to the middle part of his play L'Atelier. He discovered drama being an actor in the company. He became a writer in 1968 with Demain, une fenêtre sur rue, and short texts like Rixe which played at the Comédie-Française. He writes about what haunts him since childhood: the death of his father in the Nazi death camps: Maman revient pauvre orphelin, Dreyfus (1974), L'Atelier (1979) and Zone libre (1990). In 1998, L'Atelier returned to Théâtre Hébertot in Paris, won great success and won the 1999 Molière for best play directory. In film, he is writer: Les Années Sandwiches, co-writer with François Truffaut for The Last Metro, La Petite Apocalypse of Costa-Gavras, Le Plus Beau Pays du monde by Marcel Bluwal (1999), Fait d'hiver Robert Enrico (1999). For television, he wrote scenarios Thérèse Humbert, Music Hall, by Marcel Bluwal, Les Lendemains qui chantent, by Jacques Fansten et Julien l'apprenti, by Jacques Otmezguine. He is one of the few contemporary French playwrights alive to be studied in school (including L'Atelier). Jean-Claude Grumberg received the Grand Prize of the Académie française in 1991 and SACD Prize in 1999 for lifetime achievement; the Molière's best playwright in 1991 for Zone libre and in 1999 L'Atelier. Jean-Claude Grumberg is the father of actress Olga Grumberg. Source: Article "Jean-Claude Grumberg" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 26, 1939 (87)
- Paris, France
- Writer
- 9 on Motif · 33 credits in all
What are Jean-Claude Grumberg's films like?
Across their 8 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 6
Grounded 5 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 5
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 4
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jean-Claude Grumberg's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Jean-Claude Grumberg's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
33 credits, 9 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Motif score: 88th percentile of all films
The Art Dealer(2015)
Motif score: 29th percentile of all films
Capital(2012)
Motif score: 58th percentile of all films
The Artist(2011)
Motif score: 96th percentile of all films
Les Livres qui tuent (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
Cigarettes et bas nylons (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
Vers toi terre promise (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
Eden Is West(2009)
Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films
À droite toute (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)
Zone libre(2007)
Motif score: 34th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Colonel (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)
The Ax(2005)
Motif score: 90th percentile of all films
93, rue Lauriston (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2004)
Un fils de notre temps (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2003)
Amen.(2002)
Motif score: 86th percentile of all films
Julien l'apprenti (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)
Rêver peut-être (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2000)
Fait d'hiver (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)
The Happiest Place on Earth (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)
Lucie Aubrac (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)
Les Milles (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)
The Little Apocalypse (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)
Les Bottes de sept lieues (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)
Music Hall (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)
Thérèse Humbert (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)
The Workshop (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1982)
The Last Metro(1980)
Motif score: 91st percentile of all films
Little Marcel (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)
Playhouse (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)
Too Small My Friend (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1971)
Le Train de nuit (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1968)
At Theatre Tonight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1966)
Career shape
A full career of 32 titles from 1966 to 2024.
Film career
- 1997Screen debut· Lucie Aubrac
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
How do Jean-Claude Grumberg's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 54/100 and the plot and story 52/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Jean-Claude Grumberg work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jean-Claude Grumberg's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Costa-Gavras shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Costa-GavrasShared titles: Capital (2012), Eden Is West (2009), The Ax (2005), Amen. (2002)See all 4 shared titles with Costa-Gavras
Actors
- Ulrich TukurShared titles: Eden Is West (2009), The Ax (2005), Amen. (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Ulrich Tukur
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Armand AmarShared titles: Capital (2012), The Ax (2005), Amen. (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Armand Amar
- Patrick BlossierShared titles: The Ax (2005), Amen. (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Blossier
- Yannick KergoatShared titles: The Ax (2005), Amen. (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Yannick Kergoat
Producers
- Michèle Ray-GavrasShared titles: Capital (2012), The Ax (2005), Amen. (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Michèle Ray-Gavras
- Jean-Pierre DardenneShared titles: The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024), The Ax (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Luc DardenneShared titles: The Most Precious of Cargoes (2024), The Ax (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Luc Dardenne
